Beetlebung and Kettlehole--April Poems

Aftertaste --- (A-poem-a-day in April) -1-

First order: Shirley Temple
Not the booze, but the oozing of sweetness
dimples, face glowing like the moon under one huge hair ribbon

Second Order: Princeton Punch
Not bourbon or rye, but schools in variety
and a sapling tearing herself to tower over tall trees

Third Order: Valentine Twist
whirlpool of passions, but damsel of the bitter kind
human heart, in weakness, growing a prickly feeling

Fourth Order: Flaming Volcano
Not rum or brandy, but purpose, resolve
after Sojourner Truth, rejecting Kewpie dolls

Fifth Order: Mother’s Day Cocktail
fizz, bitter-lemon fatigue, but sweet fruit, mint
and lukewarm dreams drawing up inventories of scars

Last Order: Elderflower Liqueur
brouhaha quieting down, but hearth smelling of ashes,
then, final folly with inside voice rattling, “What is the right journey for humanity?”

And

“Why didn’t I just live!”



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Prompt: Human Folly