RED TEETH
The following is poem number 19 of 2009’s NaPoWriMo – 30 poems in 30 days during the month of April. The original prompt was “red ones are my second favorite”.
RED TEETH
A day like this has to be your birthday,
the birth you would have had
if you knew you could – shot out
under water blue skies, dolphin clouds
that wisp you off like smoke where birds
with too much to sing say nothing,
just hop to rooftop lookouts in case
things change, the jet stream bends south,
a volcano goes. Daisy knows. She smiles
big and wide, rattles chores she ignored –
laundry stuff, a library fine,
spore removal from part of the house
she doesn’t name. She winks at her drink,
blows near candles with lipstick teeth,
breathes sweet maraschino breath until
the most joyous belch seeps out.
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Tags: April Fools, NaPoWriMo 2009, national poetry writing month
