place a smart little
gift shop bouquet
of red local flowers
on the table
near the window
in their
hospital room
near the window
in their
hospital room
at the right time of day—
then watch
for a minute (though they
aren't yet awake)
the auroras cascade:
the amaranthine import
of Loveliness itself
as it floods in
to drench the tedious
and inconsequential—
the antiseptic gray
space in which
then watch
for a minute (though they
aren't yet awake)
the auroras cascade:
the amaranthine import
of Loveliness itself
as it floods in
to drench the tedious
and inconsequential—
the antiseptic gray
space in which
Commonplace must exist;
and then
and then
come home and tell me
you still don't know
what forever
you still don't know
what forever
is, or today
was for.
