A jump off the diving board
would knock over the stack
of books that Barbie uses as a staircase.
The unhappy boy wears
two hamburger hats while the bird
sits happily on the edge
of a knife. This is not real life. Mean
-while, a man tells me
to put the peonies in cages.
Barbarous times. Thin the limb. What use
the wing? Stop this blindness to abundance!
Were you not just telling
your students they must learn
to sit with contradiction?
A prairie must burn to bloom. A cage
creates the perfect conditions
for abundance.
I want a hamburger hat! With cheese, of course. Love this.