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The Oval (the last in my Shapes poems series)


The Oval

The egg is a perfect secret unkept

it breaks as you would into tears

and slides weeks of sun into a lathered pan

long and yet round, the serving plate is green

and came from the green house with a very fine lawn

the candy bursts in the mouth like balloons

all day I will dream of the next day coming up to me

on a bus where the streets are numbered in these

little squares you'd find on a calendar

I don't want to say anything anymore I want to pray

a silent song you can't unhear in the still of morning

where the eggs are fresh and peppered to begin.



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