After I die,
once again, the flower plant I planted by our home
will bloom and spread its fragrance all around.
It'll remind you of me
...
once again, the flower plant I planted by our home
will bloom and spread its fragrance all around.
It'll remind you of me
...
and how you denied me
when once, all of me was yours.
But you must not worry, as I will not care.
Just put out the light,
promise the white flowers that you were right,
Let free your long wet hair
and enjoy
the night long perfume.
when once, all of me was yours.
But you must not worry, as I will not care.
Just put out the light,
promise the white flowers that you were right,
Let free your long wet hair
and enjoy
the night long perfume.
This is the sort of "non-poem" that suggests more than it asserts that William Carlos Williams became famous for, such as 'The Red Wheelbarrow '
ReplyDeleteso much depends
upon
a red wheel
barrow
glazed with rain
water
beside the white
chickens.