opera tutu

 

You said two words, rock

and tree

 

I heard, Cezanne and zen, and thought

of a hill in France

 

and the argument in the patisserie

didn't matter any more

 

I have bread

not cake

 

the lines on the brow of the hill

wrinkle encouragingly

 

beers and bears

support me now

 

and in Bilbao Sumi Jo

sings to her Yankee captain

 

from every frame in every plane

tears flow