Robin Kuusela CC
(first published in Anti-Heroin Chic Magazine August 2021)
By the Almond Tree By the almond tree There lays a skull under leaves, Under many brown almonds Decayed in taste Rain-weathered leaves milked-in Chipped stones like clipped fingernails – Scattered by the wind. The bleeding wings. In love with the heat of this sidewalk That cooks the dinner, That severs the wedding bells. The almond mush, but hard like bone. Broken bones wave in like spinning glass – From the impact of a car wreck. Our weather, Feel the snow’s breath nearby By confused thunderhead Create the flakes from God’s palms Over the wires of sticks, Bent like arms at a 90-degree angle. To sprinkle little wet blankets over almonds Forgetting our soldiers burial or, Our fallen that breathes out the last loves. When the stars dysmorphia ripped the sky – Like millions of popped balloons. The flags wave in – The sounds of the funeral. The electricity dimming from our failing feet, Leaves our fire to puddles of water. Puddles of water for dirty almonds, To sprout new life When picked up By infant hands and given to – A new universe, Or Jesus returning from impermanence. To reshape the bones back to – Mechanical grenades that walk That run. That live. New breathing hearts Cooked out of sunshine Birthed in heaven, And fed to the giants Under the almond tree. The world is nude in red wash The blue behind the flowing curtains of cosmos Watch the cities become countryside. And watch humanity float Off these infertile grounds. Current bio for Fevers of the Mind’s David L O’Nan editor/writing contributor to blog. A Fevers of the Mind Quick-9 Interview with EIC of Fevers of the Mind David L O’Nan Hard Rain Poetry: Forever Dylan Anthology available today! Available Now: Before I Turn Into Gold Inspired by Leonard Cohen Anthology by David L O’Nan & Contributors w/art by Geoffrey Wren Bending Rivers: The Poetry & Stories of David L O’Nan out now! Poetry from David L O’Nan in the Famous Poetry Outlaws are Painting Walls and Whispers
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