THE HOSE BATH
BRIGHTLY LIT
SUNLIT BLEACH,
CHLOROPHYL CHLORINE
BATH-WATER-SALTS
DRIZZLE.
U.S. PALMS BLOWED
UP, STANDING TALL
BREEZY, MISTY
MYSTS OF FEST
SPLASHING
GOOD TIME,
WATER SOLUBLE FOR
FOOD FUNNEL CAKE
AND, COTTON CANDY
DISSOLVING IN SPLASHING
FROTHING BUBBLING
FUN WATER
SO FUN
SO GREEN
SO WHITE
FLAGS AND
GOOD SPLASHING
LIKE A MORON
IN WAVE POOL
LEAPING IN WATER—
WING, DONUT
FOAM GOODNESS
AND GRACIOUS
LIKE A WHITE DOVE
IN FRONT OF THE SUN,
FLAPPING HIS OR HER WINGS
AND CLUTCHING A
LAUREL BRANCH,
POWDERED SUGAR
WHITE LIGHT POWER
SUNSHINE ON GREASY
WHITE PAPER PLATE
AN ELABORATION, ELABORATE
FOIL, DOILEY, FOILAGE,
TREES AND SUN DESIGN
MADE IN CHINA, THESE
PARTYNESSES, IDEA OF
SERVICE AND FESTIVITY
IMPLICATION OF
GENEROSITY IN VARIETY
500-PACK OF
THEM THINGS, COOL
STAMPINGS AND FLEURISR
FLORIST, BATH, SUN FOOD,
FROM RAISINS INTO GRAPES.
FROM SLURPY, SLUSHY, FREEZE
STRAWBERRY, YELLOW
AND BANANA, WILD BLUE, BLUEBERRY—
INTO RAINBOW WATERS
SUGARS AND ANTS
AND SPECIAL LITTLE FLIES
AND BUTTERFLYES
ALL OVER THEM
(THE DRIED POOLS OF,
THE RESIDUES' PRETTY
FRACTALINE MINI-GEOMETRY
DRIED ON THE FLOOR.
CAN THE POETRY OF
THE REST OF THE UNIVERSE
BE A METAPHOR WITH THIS SHAPE?
THIS HUMBLE, DRYED MYSTY FREEZE
ON GROUND?
OR IS IT EVEN MORE DIFFERENT,
TOO TRICKY AND COMPLEX
TO BE A POEM OF THOUGHT
SYNERGY/SUBJECTIVE TRUTHINESS
—IS A DRIED STUPID THING/SHIT.