Colored engraving of a cedar branch with cones and inflorescences. Courtesy of Wellcome Collection.
I.
Procure his bone-dry clay & burnish,
synchronous glide and precision.
Red Eared Slider stares beyond aquarium rim,
four feet shy of two from shell to carpet.
Aspen drum, synesthesia’s sunflower.
What are her song chroma rhythms?
His aroma: cedar wood, cilantro and lemongrass.
Her flashback déjà vu flash-forwards.
Sanding another figurine of Mary America,
merely made him sneeze.
Pronto, before she gets Smog Mesa hay fever,
you too, remarks the pollen
Road rage bullet strikes driver’s side windshield.
She misses peace of mind drive-in theaters.
II.
Aspen drum, synesthesia’s sunflower,
merely made him sneeze.
Red Eared Slider stares beyond aquarium rim.
Her flashback déjà vu flash-forwards.
Procure his bone-dry clay & burnish,
you too, remarks the pollen.
Four feet shy of two from shell to carpet,
pronto, before she gets Smog Mesa hay fever.
His aroma: cedar wood, cilantro and lemongrass,
synchronous glide and precision.
What are her song chroma rhythms?
She misses peace of mind drive-in theaters.
Sanding another figurine of Mary America,
road rage bullet strikes driver’s side windshield.