POEM FOR SAM WELLER AN IMPRESARIO FOR SURE NOW

it is never too late for something amazing to happen

for parrot colours to show up in the sunrise

for chinese puzzles from pieces of delicate ivory to fall apart

and become the fairy tale fields and the snow drifts of the Christmas heart

for clouds edged in red violet crayon to float off the colouring book page

for  rage  to melt into cotton candy pinks and blues

for cartwheels to become once more the usual way of moving down rain

watercoloured

sidewalks in the cities, and with parasols

for stripes and polka dots to match with or without clown shoes

for families to remain in the morning light

for singed angels to emerge from the rescued books of Montag

to thank Ray Bradbury for this in person

to thank your parents and teachers by sending them valentines

in the afterlife

for the old to grow young

for the young to grow old

for the green glades in your mind to become vaster.

and filled with emerald songs.

mary angela douglas 18 may 2023

*Sam Weller, the highly acclaimed one and only official biographer of the great Ray Bradbury, (THE BRADBURY CHRONICLES: THE LIFE OF RAY BRADBURY) and brillianr author and benevolent teacher, in his own right and liberty.