Tuesday, June 7, 2022

AFTER HANS ANDERSEN'S "THE WILD SWANS"

 

while toying with the sand in our teacups

at the Great Feasts we were told

to make ourselves useful: 


grinding cracker crumbs for the

Marvelous Meatloafs; 

mixing the berried vinagrettes for the green

beans


snapping to attention.

checking the pink and the bakelite stove

for the little plain cakes for our supper.


in the fairytale castles

life is not what it seemed

and minus the icing


when we wrote on diamond slates

waiting for our bluegreen majorities.

carol it whichever way you can


on a green strand

near the holly berries

and the soapflake snow whirling all around


but I remember when learning

was the glasslike hills

and the golden apples rolling down. 


mary angela douglas 31 march 2016

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