Steve Dalachinsky
as collage / p2

3 (for j.a.)
  
a tautonym     a bijunctive color
this part of the poem
is a homage to a man who paid
homage to a square
a study of never before as 2 squares
greet / meet  or do they?
“I’m not paying homage to the square”
he claims “it’s only the dish I serve my craziness
…in” rarely mixing colors - except pink & purple
the quantity of tubes brands squeezing
night shades / shades of night
fooled by the same color once   then
twice (think of this section as being in the shape
of a SQUARE)4

many stories 
told thru the eyes of the pro-
tagonist
who either at the beginning or
the end of the telling
has decided to leave this world
because it has become too advanced
for him
such is the point i have arrived at
early in this scenario
then just before i decide to leave
i take one last look @ the flowers
“somebody’s gotta look @ the flowers”
                    i think
as i overhear her tell the children 
          “LOOK AT YOUR BEAUTIFUL FACES”
    after she snaps a group photo with her I-phone 
           look @ the beautiful flowers instead 
                               i grumble.

Steve Dalachinsky, as collage, p3

 
 
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