Saturday, January 20, 2024

how lacoste plays with memory

fertilized grass must be mown

the green malignancy and kidneys of sand

cattails in the rough

you recall napping

on the fairway of a course in indian wells

you were removed

at the behest of dyspeptic pediatricians

crocodiles on their beating hearts


you are destined to exceed par

when an errant strike confines you to a bunker

even jackrabbits can't live in poisoned sand

drink gray water or breathe chlorine

each stroke an evacuation

a prescribed route to an ever shifting flag 

you lean on your cane

calculate the degrees of incline

imagine how the ball might roll


if a desert turns green

flanked by sand dunes and granite mountains

if a fountain diverts water

into fish stocked ponds

if gates erect

if purple flowers spring up in the medians

can you call it a blooming

catastrophe when dimpled balls

fly out in agony


free palestine

 


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