21.7.06

museum of useless things

Museum of Useless Things

A cup filled with pencils, un-
sharpened    Gifts stacked in the closet
The door is off its hinges

And here are three words
that rhyme with blue:
gold, tobacco, oil.

The only death I know is
the guitarist with his string
Steel is lonely business
and nylon lasts forever

Place your ear against the cold
wall-and-feel of the earth

The stars have no names –
blinded, homeless, drifting
                                drifting

like a herd of goats in patchwork
over a far slant of meadow


[published in a slightly revised version, Siren, 1/07]

7 comments:

Anonymous said...

one can get lost in this place of yours...lovely

Collin Kelley said...

Striking imagery, Sam!

LKD said...

Oh, my I love those homeless goat stars.

And those 3 words that rhyme with blue.

I like a poem that's small yet....

huge.

lorguru said...

I love this!

Peter said...

I like this a lot.

sam of the ten thousand things said...

Your comments give me courage. Thanks.

JC said...

love this. wonderfully meditative.