Thursday, January 18, 2007

Nature's Quiet Obscenity

"Nature's wastefulness"
Throwing its Beauty away --
Then makes even more!

White blossoms foaming,
Dogwood tree losing its mind.
Bride rips off her clothes.

Blossoms overflow,
Sudsy, foaming mug of beer.
Drunken dogwood tree.


-- January 18, 2007
Reading Tony Hoagland
Poem - "A Color of the Sky"
From
What Narcissism Means to Me

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