Wednesday, December 29, 2010

Bowl of Cherries


Stay with me
spellbound in laughter
believing tomorrow's miracles.
With you I take no notice
of lightning.  Really you say
only Fourth of July sparklers
with chuckles of thunder
minor considerations to the young.

Death grins but stays
on the sidelines
nothing discriminative
just keeping an eye on me.

Oh yes, that old cliche
I'm young in heart
fooling myself.


(c)Doris Baker                            2008
from The Poet's Domain, Vol 23
Live Wire Press, Charlottesville, VA


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