When I was a kid, I always used to find the most interesting stuff just lying around in the attic of my grandmother's house. There were comic books, old magazines, mouse traps, tons of old clothes, strange gadgets... And every item told a story, or many stories, always different. In short, it was a paradise.
All those things were still in the attic when I went there last Christmas for the first time in years. But all I saw was junk.
Things that take some people high
jet plane in the morning sky
pale powder from a mirror shrine
whipped cream on an apple pie
white lines
Things that make you wonder why
march of dupes with racist signs
remains in camps of genocide
straitjacket sleeves tied real tight
white lines
Things reminding us we die
chalk marks at a scene of crime
10 000 crosses in Lorraine
twisted scar from neck to thigh
white lines
My mind, the legless wonder
once again wandered yonder.
Slid down a slippery slope
nimbly dodged an otoscope,
landed on a road shoulder
and shy of a beholder
made way towards the woodnotes;
gently grazed a trip of goats
then hung the stars and the moon
to dress up the afternoon.
The orange bloom of
The evening sun spreads
Its soft pollen over
Tipped roofs
Two lone crows on a
Picket fence make me
Chuckle until I
Realize
The latter casts
The shadow of a
Blackbird