Collage
by Elizabeth St Jacques
From TRIO OF WRENS
by
Kris
Kondo
Marlene
Mountain
Francine
Porad
renwren m
f k
'summer's albino wren' a poem that defined a beginning and now winter the slim peckings slowly grind my sumi in delight of getting to know those birds back for peanut butter wrens and song sparrows a fierce-eyed crow on the fence in swooping position still
eating xmas chicken on New Year's eve
renomen m
k f
of course i like to say owom as in 'all the woms had an owom' reluctantly told next renku performance on my birthday out of a sixteen-year coma happy new year decade century times square welded manhole covers locked mailboxes bright cloud-filled sky of the solstice moonset imitates sunrise mystery
and magic of numbers double chai bodes well
renden f
k m
lifelike salmon on a plaque about to leap off the wall Dad's gun collection stolen out of locked cabinets at least 25 years groundhog dens by the old-timey apple trees studio apartment cozy for two crowded with three photo through a dark doorway a futon with an antique quilt 'den
of thieves' mr testosterone's internal memo 1
renwhen f
m k
New Year's Day every hour on the hour 20th century highlights no christian terrorism on the infamous birthday 'life is what happens while you're busy makin' other plans' 2 do parents ever stop worrying about their children? oops already eaten the can of french-style green y2k beans computer's
hum tomorrow will there be anything!
renamen k
m f
still wondering what that man thought I meant when I wrote 'amen' baptist deacon a smoke outside Bar Mitzvah service the shine of hair clips anchoring yarmulkes stained glass window first oil painting with a palette knife pagan: country dweller heathen: from the heath heretic: able to choose grateful to be alive this day amen amen
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Footnotes
1Bill Gates
2John Lennon