Maybe the stars were crossed     the night     winded

or

generalized uncertainties

At the hem of twilight                        she has flung the carrot tops
soft arms & elbows mustered                              everything changing
Honey put your dark side on              & grease the road with muddied
orchard light                O lowly amber shell of duck
& let there be cattle of various colors as I was

always seeing in that time a chewed grove of trees.

She thinks fools names appear in public places

she thinks you can't cut your losses

she's rather stoic & big boned

she thinks they left her because she wanted to be alone

she thinks she has to keep moving because she isn't lost yet

she thinks stunning patterns divide

behind the eyes of the disinherited she says

hey kids we might have water victory at sea

great splashes the crops are saved

maybe it was the slant of the sun on something amber

over her shoulder someone is humming someone is

asking what color her eyes are dreams of accomplishment

where are all the French women poets!

Last night she

introduced someone to their own lover & now

this view

©1998 by Maureen Owen