Thursday, January 7, 2021

Short Ones By Billy Collins

3 AM

Only my hand is asleep
but it's a start.

Adolescence

The gulf widened between my parents and me
but that doesn't mean they lived on a houseboat.

Alchemy

As you read you turn paper into glass
you see me instead of the gold of the past.

Another Hotel

Unlike the breakfast menu 
I have no desire to be hung outside before 3AM

Apostles

Ten pelicans I wrote down this morning 
then after a pause 
two more followed to make an even dozen. 

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