Free Verse
Celebrating Mother's
Day May 9, 2010
from
For Cid, With Love
"Water
Babies"
found
in
space
searching
for
mother's
body
She,
in
leaf~
green
kimono,
lithe
&
clean,
clearly
alive,
"Drawn
to
nightly
f r a g r a n c e s,
I
gather
seeds
for
perfume"
Babies
creep
out
of
dust
fingers
toes,
groping
for
crying
out "Okasan ...!"
~ dolls
in
tow,
calling
for, "Mama ...!"
"Tiny
noses,
lips
‘n
toeses"
melt
with
tea
pot
clay
(white
&
blue)
Dollies ~
red,
blond
&
black
eyes
green
or
brown
all
up
in
smoke
A-bombed
out
of
body,
babies
wander
in
search
of
Mother
but
you
couldn't
understand
my
shock
(after
the
film)
unable
to
budge
from
the
cleaning
lady's
mop,
"Su mi
ma sen ...!"
Open
hole,
gathering
vines -
forgotten
Whatever
do
you
wonder,
still?,
Okasan,
mine
