VGH 904

9

Vincent is a Mitsubishi Lancer.

Boris was a regal Valiant.

Vincent spent the weekend last

collecting frangipani flowers.

Boris almost killed a woman

daring to scream past.

0

My son,

his eyes lit up today

when pointing at a tree

while trying to explain

that what my eyes perceive as pink

my teacher taught me green.

4

Every name I’ve given

has lived up to its name.

My son, I fear, is living up

to mine …

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3 Responses to VGH 904

  1. Elegant. The things we perpetrate to protect our illusions of consensus reality! I can tell we share the same allergy to lowest-common-denominators.

  2. Perfect. So Brad. Complete, structural integrity and that turn out into an articulated but not described emotion.

  3. Pingback: VGH 904 by Brad « Legends Of Contemporary Poetry.

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