SpotLight On A SplashPoet ~ Petro

I am going to do this a little different this month ..as requested by your peers at SplashHall Poetry ..so even though you didn't ask, I see nothing wrong with being flexible at Splash ~ Yo deserve it Petro. Afterall, arent we all Bohemians? And starting this month your name and poem will be highlighted not only at the Poets Cafe, but also at Rollin Thunder and Splash Poetry Cafe. Our RSS/ATOM syndicated sites.

Congratulations Petro

Your ~ In The Spotlight #10 At Splash

A Cup Of Feathers

A slow falling feather landed on the ground.
I couldn't tell. Was it a remnant of furious
preening or a sudden mishap?

Of the latter. In my mind I could see
a mistaken pigeon pursuing polished glass.
I picked it up, placed it inside my paper cup.

People don't talk about these things.
What did it matter? It was a cast-off
sort of thing. Garbage for the collector.

I looked up through the grimy boughs
and diesel coated leaves and thought
about my home-here beneath the trees.

Cups of feathers all around. Were they
useful? Perhaps I could make a pillow,
a place to lay my head.

Or, a gossamer wall to hide behind.
Soften and muffle the jerking sounds
of... nothing said.

Wait a moment... see...
...another one drifts down.

© 2004 petro

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