
River Styx, a partly subterranean waterway, emerges onto the surface in Mammoth Cave National Park. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Spring Reign by Dean Young
Thank you whoever tuned the radio
to rain, thank you who spilled
the strong-willed wine for not
being me so I’m not to blame. I’m glad
I’m not that broken tree although
it looks sublime. And glad I’m not
taking a test and running out of time.
What’s a tetrahedron anyway? What’s
the sublime, 3,483 divided by 9,
the tenth amendment, the ferryman’s name
on the River Styx? We’re all missing
more and more tricks, losing our grips,
guilty of crimes we didn’t commit.
The horse rears and races then moves no more,
the sports coupe grinds to a stop, beginning
a new life as rot, beaten to shit, Whitman
grass stain, consciousness swamp gas,
the bones and brain, protoplasm and liver,
ground down like stones in a river. Or does
the heart’s cinder wash up as delta froth
out of which hops frog spawn, dog song,
the next rhyming grind, next kid literati?
Maybe the world’s just a bubble, all
philosophy ants in a muddle,
an engine inside an elk’s skull on a pole.
Maybe an angel’s long overdue and we’re
all in trouble. Meanwhile thanks whoever
for the dial turned to green downpour, thanks
for feathery conniptions at the seashore
and moth-minded, match-flash breath.
Thank you for whatever’s left.
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I really like this. I can see struggles as well as being paralyzed by something. It’s just a take on it. I also lie a lot of the word combinations.
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TigerGrove, this is just gorgeous, a real winner, readable over & over & over…
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I wish, that was my work. I just wrote a poem that is similiar, and got blown out of the water. credit is due where credit is due.
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TigerGrove gets credit for posting & Dean Young gets credit for writing. Sorry, haste makes waste. This follower should be more careful…
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Magnificent website. A lot of helpful info here. I am sending it to a few friends ans also sharing in delicious. And of course, thank you to your effort!
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Yes, a nice green rain solves a lot of problems. All of Creation, except humans, often know best how to spend a day correctly.
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You could certainly see your enthusiasm within the work you write. The arena hopes for more passionate writers like you who aren’t afraid to say how they believe. At all times go after your heart.
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