Beth Camp Historical Fiction

Thursday, October 25, 2012

October 24: Bare Bones

I wake up with poetry lines shimmering,
a distraction. My house, every room,
speaks of chaos. In three days,
we’ll be gone to Zanzibar.
My plants need watering.
One has outgrown its pot,
its broad green leaves reach to the sun,
the lower leaves fall away,
as I will do one day.


1 comment:

  1. Lovely...I really like how in talking about chaos you focus on the non-chaotic plants in the mix and then shift to the somber at the end...it just sort of pulled me into it. I like it a lot.

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