Mixed Media Abstract, Mostly Red
I wish
I had a personal
space cruiser, painted vermilionbut no;
my personal space
isn’t that interesting a place; I’d liketo move
by flapping my wings,
although this room is an alphabetand crinkles
my flight pinions
like the first drafts of love letters.Why couldn’t
you defragment
on your own? The human faceis like
cheap makeup on
good watercolor paper, like blood-red juicestaining snow
soft as the breast
of a magician’s dove, filling my mouth withdry feathers,
dyed the scarlet
of poppies. My center is holdingjust fine,
thank you very much.
I’ve never lost anything that mattered.
©200o F.J. Bergmann"Mixed Media Abstract, Mostly Red" appeared on Tattoo Highway #7