petal sleeves
to compliment
a delicate lacy collar
along with
scuff a cuff pants
of a fine stem green
nursery rhyme shoes
to compliment
the romper room jumper
Dressy Bessie eye make up
to match buckles and seams
was either my kindergarten doll
come to life
or
a caricature of Bjork perhaps
or maybe a Missing Persons'
lead singer wanna be
whatever the get up
it was eye entertainment
colorized to scream
most definitely.............
(Dec. 14, 2011 1258am)
Author's Notes/Comments:
an ode to a strangely though brightly dressed over made up 20 something girl I very nearly ran head on into in the soup aisle at Walmart this passed Sunday. I did not stare but my mind sure did take tons of visual notes. I knew I'd write a poem about her. She was such a loud, complex character it took my subconscious 3 plus days to adequately process all her particularly odd characteristics. Too bad I never got her name. I could have sent her a copy of the poem her appearance inspired. Oh well.......and by the way she wore a Jacket that had all kinds of flowers on it. I recognized only the sun flowers, roses and Lilies hence the title of the poem that came to me first. For some strange reason I imagined her name was Petal or Moon or Zoe or Aqua.........was just a mental impression I walked away with. Sure made buying my gallon of milk more interesting ( as my mind continued to trip over what my eyes had just encountered)
