< not with yellow flowers >

[rayheinrich]

< not with yellow flowers >

i start out trying
to write a poem about yellow flowers

about the ones i saw today

these yellow flowers
are the first flowers of spring
even before the skunk cabbages
in the low parts of the river bed

but another poem about yellow flowers?

it's like making a movie about two
people finding each other and
disliking each other then
falling deeply in love

it's been done

by wonderful poets

(the yellow flowers, i mean)

but maybe you haven't read them
those wonderful poets
and you're reading me right now
so possibly
i can get away with it

but i want more

and who has more?

TV

the TV knows

i turn on
the "today's worst" news
and listen to the body counts
of the firearms companies
and watch
how that couple from the 23rd floor
learned to fly
and listen
to the 911 recording
that child left

see

it works

that's how you do it

not with yellow flowers

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