P oetry R epair S hop (1999.07: 076)
- CONTEMPORARY INTERNATIONAL POETRY
- by new, emerging, and established poets

TRINA STOLEC
Continuity

The world changed last night.
Summer green rainbowed into
scarlet and gold.
Grass blades dulled
under a thin coat of frost.
Tomorrow's wind divorces leaves and trees,
sets them free.
The sky dyed purple
as the Gods opened their robes,
set loose The Horsemen
to ride Halloween winds.

My mind is the Sahara.
Neurons fire sand.
Dust spouts through
dehydrated lips.
Joints jerk forward
in Post-CVA fashion,
frozen.
Tears are gone.
My chest no longer convulses
with screams I won't let escape.
Rationality replaces
snow-globe illusions.

The world changed last night.
Still
I am a shadow on the wall.



Poem copyright 1999; all rights reserved. (If you desire a copy of this poem, please contact the AUTHOR).