[New-Poetry] B. Dethlefsen from the Writer's Almanac

[Anny Ballardini]

 When Somebody Calls after Ten P.M

by Bruce Dethlefsen<http://www.elabs7.com/c.html?rtr=on&s=fj6,faq5,dv,2nqj,bodc,3hrs,fxvj>
Suicide Aside

by Bruce Dethlefsen<http://www.elabs7.com/c.html?rtr=on&s=fj6,faq5,dv,2nqj,bodc,3hrs,fxvj>

*When Somebody Calls after Ten P.M.*

when somebody calls after ten p.m.
and you live in wisconsin
and you're snug in your bed

then all's I can tell you
somebody better be missing
somebody better had a baby
or somebody better be dead

*Suicide Aside*

suicide aside
try watching birds
regard them as they fly like salt to bread
spice up this crusty world

a giant spider web
their lines of flight
tie up and bind the world

they fly
birds jump up in the air and stay
you try it
flap your arms for all you're worth
no way      you're stuck
they’re free to leave the world

the colors
lemon zest and lime and berry
sugar coffee cream
and all the rest
sublime delicious flavors how
our eyes drink in the world

and listen to them sing
the wind becomes a thing alive
with music whistles squawks and chirps
a melody of world

so tell me why you thought you'd rather die
check out      pluck all the feathers
close the lights

alright don't tell me
but please me
stick around a while
with me to watch the birds
see how they swirl and turn the world
 'When Somebody Calls after Ten P.M." and "Suicide Aside" by Bruce
Dethlefsen, from *Breather*. © Fireweed Press, 2009. Reprinted with
permission

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Anny Ballardini
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I Tell You: One must still have chaos in one to give birth to a dancing
star!
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