Jan 19, 2017 Uncategorized

Still Life With Stegosaurus and Bird
©January 19th, 2017
By Vijaya Sundaram

An impossibility sits before me
A yellow bird perched on the head
Of a bemused and patient stegosaurus
Carrying a tall green candle.

I would like to shed light upon this matter
But I’d only scatter confusion
The stego’s eyes, red and determined,
Stare straight ahead, intent on
A journey that will never end.
(No one mentioned meteorites to him.)

The bird sings silently of the future,
One in which she will exist,
But not the stegosaurus.
(The bird wisely keeps her counsel.)

I catch her glance,
and put my finger to my lips.
We do not look at each other again.
I rise, turn out the light,
Proceed to bed, quiet as the night.
For now, they’re both safe.

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