the quotidian [life] in poetry
only
tonight nicholas
dumped out a
big
green caterpillar
on our bed
&
it couldn't
be found anywhere
simply
disappeared in
wide clear air
nicholas
was so
upset about it
a
big green
caterpillar lost in
our
bed / gone
like harry houdini
then
like magic
it reappeared right
in
the living
room / carried we
think
by ernie
k ernst our
cat
who was
indeed clueless that
the
big green
caterpillar had landed
a
ride on
ernie's fluffy back
while
nicholas declares
as he holds
his
find again
i'll never let
him
go / never
let him go
again
2 Comments:
It's great.
Nice name for a cat, I must say!
Great image, I especially like way it ends. Still, I don't think even that justifies the use of the word "fluffy" in a poem, but that's just my prejudice.
Of course, I now want to know what became of the caterpillar next? Clearly Nicholas has set himself up for another disappointment...
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