the morning, an unshaken
snow-globe. sky blue
of a foot on a tile. I drive to work
quietly, like you
going to the bathroom
to put on a pad
on the morning your period
starts. around me, people flow,
casual steady,
all blinking and sleepiness
in the clarity of mist-morninged
light. stepping politely
to the side
of the pavement,
holding their coffees
in hot paper cups.
DS Maolalai has been nominated seven times for Best of the Net and three times for the Pushcart Prize. His poetry has been released in two collections, "Love is Breaking Plates in the Garden" (Encircle Press, 2016) and "Sad Havoc Among the Birds" (Turas Press, 2019)
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- Casual steady. - 20th November 2020
Hello DS —
“in the clarity of mist-morninged light…” is wonderful.
Also, thank you for your acknowledgement of my “Leon’s Dream.”