A creature of whatever trouble

      A creature of whatever trouble
      Is cartilage and mischief,
      Trimmed in skin and the smile’s lie
      That all shall be kinship ‘til kinship dies.
5     A creature of whichever wish
      Is eyelashes and ifs,
      Entrancing Time in evening’s dish
      To coddle dear dreams ‘til sun comes undone.
      O creature picked of which and what,
10    All elbows and ears,
      Take of this trouble its whatever worth
      And wish the wisher kin until
      His wish full is of death and earth.

 

From the collection "Nobody Poems"

Written by Gregg Glory [Gregg G. Brown]

More information available on gregglory.com.