BARBARA’S POEM
(re-work) 2002
If I were really serious (or had been)
I would have written
POETRY
When I was 65
Or maybe 55?
Not at 75!
Words elude me
Slither off my mind
Empty spaces are
Forever between
The graceful phrases
That I thought (or know) were there
No slant of rhyme
for me
No alliterative line
No grace of complete (?)
Dissolve ~~~~~~~~~~~(?)
line – mind –
Deconstruction
at it’s worst!
Obscurity to oblivion
in so few years….