作者lister (Fluffy Phapsody)
看板poetry
標題The Almanac of Last Things----Linda Pastan
時間Mon Jun 23 16:44:41 2003
From the almanac of last things
I choose the spider lily
for the grace of its belief
blossom, though myself
fear brevity,
but I choose The Song of Songs
because the flesh
of those pomegranates
has survived
all the frost of dogma.
I choose January with its chill
lessons of patience and despair---and
August, too sun-truck for lessons.
I choose a thimbleful of red wine
to make my heart race,
then another to help me
sleep. From the almanac
of last things I choose you,
as I have done before.
And I choose evening.
because the light clinging
to the window
is at its most reflective
just as it is ready
to go out.
--
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