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Currajah

[a Walleah Press blog]

JILLIAN PATTINSON

                        two poems

 

 

                             Resolution

After I eat your half of the melon,

I will lay down to sleep in the sun

still warming your side of the bed.

 

In the morning, I will take my coffee

from your cup, spreading butter

and honey on both sides of the bread.

 

Then I will put out the garbage,

wash the sheets

and change the locks.

 

Later, I will put my feet up on your chair,

drink that second glass of wine,

and reappraise the table setting.

 

Then I may light a little candle

and say a quiet word of thanks

to the blessed saints who deliver us.

 

 

                               inverse

finally I have come to the end of the road

so long my destination, I had all but forgotten

finally, having nowhere else to go, I find myself

tilting on the verge, looking out into the unmade world

 

spanning the horizon, the mirage holds me like a mirror

 

tilting on the verge, looking out into the unmade world

finally, having nowhere else to go, I find myself

so long my destination, I had all but forgotten

finally I have come to the end of the road