15 months
floor plan poem inspired by Crista Siglin
and poetry_as
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15 months
[ one way of reading ]
in
and still
no
no
no
real
clue on how
to survive
storing
new news
circling
pandemic realities
to survive to
properly
behold the flowers
activities of daily
living
daily going stale
embroidering
long hours
between dawn and dawn
with some well-tamed
humming shaken freshly
from the wall behind
the mirror
may help to survive
old routines
carefully canned
and I have learned to
keep going while
staying at home
properly minding
the rules
flash memories
inside out
seems I mislayed
my yesterdays
and ran out of
tomorrows today
the flowers
shake their heads
at my green-stocking
myself yoga-style
ceiling-high
mining daylong
nightshort stacks
of withered memories
and all that
because I lost
my name too
to the mobile
and the webcam
spooks me
memories flash
outside in
and this last year
has piled up by far
too many rectangular boxes
but
still
I have
not
the slightest idea
where to fit in
the dog
though
the cat
the cat
the cat
is known
to be everywhere
even on the windowsill
hiding behind the flowers
the cat
Twist or Peanuts‘ Victory
Brilliant new moon at glaring noon
Drying in pouring rain
Towards midnight’s heaping heat
Bluereddishing box’n‘ball
Leaf-footed in the caterpillar’s garb
To the hare’s nest pemming, pawing and stemming
This (eagle-clawed) boxy and rolling
Up and up the mountains‘ steps up
Into opalesque redblueing green
And rooster-footed eagle prouds
Purpleeyed castellated clod
Bristling in flappery flakes
À pied tout à pied tout à pied
Oh, Gelblieb, oh golden, yellow Lieb
And so vers
La Victoire des Cacahouètes
Ver ung oder Der Sieg der Erdnüsse
Neumondesleuchten im Mittagsglast
Trocknet im strömenden Regen
Der Mitternachtshitze entgegen
Blaurötend die Kastenkugel
Blattfüßig im Raupengewand
Ins Hasennest pfielt und pfotet und stielt
Dies Kistlein (adlerklauig) und kugelt
Die Stufen des Gebirgs hinan
Ins rotschillernde blauende Grün
Auf seinen Hühnerfüßen stolzt der Adler
Purpuräugig der zinnenden Scholle
Strotzend im flossenden Schupp
À pied tout à pied tout à pied
Oh, my yellow love
Vers la Victoire des Cacahouètes
Ansichtssachen—Points of View
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