Monday, December 6, 2004

for autumn. (a poem)

autumn is death

for the play in numbers

finding joy in places

of brilliant creation.





autumn is death

with a straight razor

at the throat of a plump gazelle

or boar, stealing life

from worthlessness.





autumn is life

within death

a voice of succulent

maliciousness

in her marrow

of midnight danger.





autumn brings me

dandelions and calla lilies

in fanciness

in happiness

and in death.


1 comment:

Sharon said...

I like this, it is beautiful.