The World Happens

I saw a man with a steel pole pulling his teeth out

--one by one with his fingers.

I saw a vegetable, dressed up like Francesco Guillamotti,

--curving around in a Lexus automobile.

I saw a skylight pointed straight at the sun

--to blind the children with time honored shame.

I saw a rickety old wooden man, pushed to hard

--to smell all the roses he saw, break into tears.

I saw a dovetail, homeless, because he wanted to be

--for god sakes.

I saw ten roller derbies, five Japans and two Germanys

--throw rocks to spike blessings with spite.

I saw a teeny-tiny hand emerge, and hold onto the light

--for a year before it was ripped proudly away by others.

I saw a swan in the economy and wished him well, but

--I had no yogurt covered raisin to offer, so I sat silently,

--hands folded and empty, with blue dragons in the rain.