Sugar

Flower sweet.
Flower whole.
Flower bleached
On collar bone.

Petals fold
Towards the marrow.
Stamens pulse.
Shoulder sparrow.

Exhumation.
Spring is here.
Jubilation.
Nonna, dear.

Floury apron.
Palm of hand.
Palm of heart
Reaching, Reaching

Through the dark
To the spark.
Toward the corm,
Buried deep

To keep me warm.


3/05/19