POEM OF THE WEEK

by Tom Miller - 11/23/98

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me in paradise - you in mind

for ben

me in paradise - you in mind

 

blank sheets of paper

become poems

 

an empty coffee cup

and pepsi can

 

a bowl of sugar

 

an ink pen

 

keys

 

clarity;

essential oil

 

a lighter

 

an olympic calendar

 

the lamp

shines brightly across

 

my fingers on the keys

 

the glow

of a computer's sad face

 

the sound of a siren

a dog

 

the telephone

quiet

 

a pile of old laundry

by the feather duster

 

golf clubs

 

a green decanter

 

a picture of polo players

 

the clock

silently

screaming red time

 

a bookshelf

 

an ashtray

 

the blinds

closed and dirty

 

and maybe this

is my paradise

 

a writer's cave

a poet's loves

 

but i trade it

in a heartbeat

 

when i think of you

 

 

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