The
Lenient Jade Pavilion
1.
Grown weary of this building
our illusions
here erect
(it purports to be a building
once the scaffolds are knocked out)
a daisy put on steroids
a mule dressed as a horse
stud book for the ages
who failed to run the course
what is normal what is sacred
what rights are due to each
all the other words still
yet to form we least
expected danger from the place inside our
souls
we are the ones we are the ones
needs no rigmarole
2.
mellifluous the chiming clock
strikes away
in other rooms
once peopled
now the byways
filing up
the family habit
measured up on coverlets
in half hour ticking
chiming
at the turning of the mattresses
when the guests are gone
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