Michael MagoolaghanRadnor PA.waking thinking plane crash decimation forest shelf-life decorative fail-safe crawling from staged serendipity (catalogue) word sez words apologize for naught, given birth, shelter, life- source green woods (monkeys?) like squirrels, cats walk long shady lane sun-bottomed (pond) ancient settlement structures up-root, willed abandonment "Propertize" First birth announcement baby Jane 9 1.5 oz 21" of labor, tired night (tiered) serendipity drive (coffee?) reading morning poems catalogue break- fast bowls bowling sugar on table "Make [coffee] new" reciprocons nary a wasted moment (cat lash) pull tongue shade tree, veranda "meet Patty Smith" ie Zigfeld driving past golf course, new moon & all in one day. "Rolling" fields, thunder propertize = make vast amounts of liquid cash DuPont, Carnegie promises of democracy out- fenced, the which (pace) knew it was though after, tree root quiz bottom belly afterthought magnolia azalea apart from which system or spike unmentionable (class) seemed ordinary American moment - crowds fanned salmon spawning jokes, upriver (sad class-day, kings in arrears) turmoil division withheld via subterfuge, all this making headlines, bold print chatter, black box saves diagnostic day (not to speculate, but something's funny here & car ride's found road (lost) honking impervious sound dud. Lots of fountains, dude, perfect movie set. "Down to the original air-blue gown" quoting Hardy's memento mori. Golden the moment straws fill the hay, 1/2 pound quarter hamburger, country shack locale. Stars, my turning moves me & we walked, regal as dwarves, amongst abandoned glass walls. [Oh, heads of state on carved chairs, Socrates, Virgil, Dante & Chaucer skull-capp'd 9/9/94 Copyright © 1996 Michael Magoolaghan |
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