Sunday, February 13, 2011

Tree Leaf




The house is rumpled
but cinnamon stews on the stove, and
things might be on the verge of cracking             wide                         open

Pardon me, please
if I begin to gush, because the flood is coming
and everyone should get ready, should

Cover up because the after-chill will settle
deeper this time, more encrusted than
before, when a tree leaf could make                         me                         sparkle.