December 23, 2007

• Solstice Poem

  A poem on how I spent my afternoon today .  Seasons Greetings and Happy Holidays.

  Afternoon Solstice

  “Oh I wish I had a river
  I could skate away on.”
  –Jonie Mitchell

  Lamps flickered on and waned
  as the men from Duquesne Light
  worked with a failing transformer.
  Cobwebs sizzled as dusty candles
  leaned like Italian towers
  in ill-fitting candelabras
  from an anniversary long past.

  Slices of pink and tender ham
  were passed beneath flickering shadows.
  Butter clung to brussell sprouts
  like an embrace as butter beans
  shucked off their coats of translucent skin.

  The presents were then opened in
  the checkerboard kitchen near
  benevolent windows reflecting in light.
  As the last gift was opened
  electricity sang like a familiar carol
  bidding the darkness to fly away.

   

  • 11:28 pm
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