Doctor Author
Her left leg asked her right leg, Do you have
a name, a social security number? Are you
perfumed? Do you wear a stethoscope
at midnight, reading a psychological thriller?
Do you listen to your heart? If so, you know
I’m near the part in the thriller that keeps
your hand turning the page.
Palisades
I find the black, jagged rocks along
the Jersey side of the Hudson beautiful,
how their shapes jut into the sky.
I can’t help feeling what I see, but I can help
how I feel. I’m not going to climb one.
With people, we can’t help who we find
beautiful but can help how we feel.
Portrait of the Dead
I wanted to bring you roses,
you in the picture on the shelf, thinking
to brighten eternity. But all I came up with
is moonlight on granite and iron,
and in a garden in the song “Ocean
of Tears.” Do you think eternity’s the deep
blue sea, you in the sky above this house?
Bionote
Peter Mladinic's most recent book of poems, House Sitting, is available from the Anxiety Press. An animal rights advocate, he lives in Hobbs, New Mexico, United States.
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