Wednesday, December 30, 2009

in this dream i am nowhere near home

a hutch, these dishes,
a milk-glass cake plate
no longer belong to me

in this dream
i am a trespasser


in one room, a skeletal spider spills from a clear vase
and lands beneath the lazy susan where dust clumps and dried insects gather





in another,

a betty crocker cookbook falls apart -in my hand

a tight faucet spits orange


i am thirsty but decide to wait


just inside the back door,
mother's yard coat and a bent rake hang, on side by side nails


the yard
is full of red and yellow leaves

i realize it is fall
i realize it is fall again


in this dream
there are no words- no faceless footfall
no sense of belonging




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