Jollysuns and Bitterjaws
By Maria Kimdahl
Jolly-suns sparkling
on windows
heavy with sleep
Laugh-pearls dancing
along the facings
in morning-haze
Pine-tree-fingers tickling
the moon under his chin
at waving to
the play-birds
Still waiting; newly polished
flash-shoes at
closed doors
Still resting; well-tied
brag-ties around
sweaty necks
Still watching; the market
with empty eyes and
greedy bitter-jaws
But who can stop
yesterday's fairies
from dancing with
today's angles
Who can prevent
the dreamer's sing-balloon
from rising over
the roofs
Who can withhold the poet
from having breakfast with
whoever she wishes
All while jolly-suns are sparkling
and laugh-pearls dancing
while grey-morning still is shifting in gold
Before the liberating playbirdsong
has drowned in the imminent
alarm reports of tomorrow
or imperceptible swallowed by
the market's prey-greedy
wide open bitter-jaws
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