Last Year

      the dogs were in the house and sniffing
      the last decayed amours of left lasagna;
      clack and tap the toes, fur stuck out
      between the friendly pads the entire
5     summer, no other noise,
      everyone dead or gone, vacationing with cameras
      to return with a foreign inspiration;
      'thank you,' and my thin lips vomit at the grace.
      To no other sound but the happy clacks
10    and hanging, painted tongues
      I wrote; I even wrote: 'the flowers nod
      and peck like too many a sun.'
      Today:
      'the day grows down in dismayed capitulation.'

 

From the collection "Youth Youth Youth"

Written by Gregg Glory [Gregg G. Brown]

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