Friday Poem

Posted on August 10, 2018 by

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I meant
to write something profound
deep

Move people
impress with my erudition
touch

I forgot
what I would write
in a sea of waterlilies

Instead
I reached in black water
Pulled two slick stems

Wound
white blossoms
in black rope

Floral
masthead for my canoe
just enough

Then I saw
yards ahead in a water forest
a yellow lily

Sacrificed
everything I’d planned
for the last flower

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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