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greatpoetry2004-06-07 02:10 pm
ghostofchance.livejournal.com) wrote in greatpoetry2004-06-07 02:10 pm
Selecting A Reader by Ted Kooser
First, I would have her be beautiful,
and walking carefully upon my poetry
at the loneliest moment of an afternoon,
her hair still damp at the neck
from washing it. She should be wearing
a raincoat, an old one, dirty
from not having money enough for the cleaners.
She will take out her glasses, and there
in the bookstore, she will thumb
over my poems, then put the book back
upon its shelf. She will say to herself,
"For that kind of money, I can get
my raincoat cleaned." And she will.
and walking carefully upon my poetry
at the loneliest moment of an afternoon,
her hair still damp at the neck
from washing it. She should be wearing
a raincoat, an old one, dirty
from not having money enough for the cleaners.
She will take out her glasses, and there
in the bookstore, she will thumb
over my poems, then put the book back
upon its shelf. She will say to herself,
"For that kind of money, I can get
my raincoat cleaned." And she will.
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the descriptive loathing made so beautiful...
odd...
warm...
real...
great share!
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i like
Re: i like
it's sweet and unpressured. :)