A collection of poems by Lawrence “Mack in Texas” Hall (Rated G)
No Straight Lines in Nature
That commonplace of art instruction is true:
From the rainbow to the tomato worm
And in the rhythms of our chambered hearts
Creation curves itself around our lives
A straight line is of the imagination
Repudiated even by that famous crow
Who flies as he will and not according
To the abstracts of mathematicians
Nothing in nature chooses graphed confines –
Of course the man-made coffin – that features straight lines
Refilling the Hummingbird Feeder
Now here is a bee
So anxious for me
to be
Far away from it
Red, Red Wasp
Some sing of red, red wine, but here I sing
Of red, red wasps, who do not sing of me
I loathe and fear them for their vicious sting –
I aerosol their nest, and then I flee!
When Astrid Commands, Her Servant Obeys
When a six-pound dachshund wants your attention
She will have it (it goes without mention)
An Indignant Dachshund
When my little dog stops and poops and pees
She expects a little privacy, please
Scheduling the Execution of a Friend
Oh, yes, that oak is a friend, a fine old friend
Happy companion of lazy summer days
When I sat in its shade and drowsed over a book
Gently fanned by the leaves in those dreaming hours
Home to the mourning doves and angry jays
Preening cardinals and shy chickadees
Flying squirrels by night and grey squirrels by day
Armadillos, opossums, and raccoons
But dying now upon its grassy lawn –
The tree service will come for it at dawn
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