willow girl (5 poems)

summer 1998

willow girl what's the color
of your eyes?

she keeps her eyelids shut
with all her might
and smiles even laughs

now about your nice teeth
i can tell the world
whether or not

u wear braces...

but i won't

willow shade and sunny day

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the willow girl and pacific

willow girl in a green tree
branches splashed with whip cream
how to find your green eyes
smiling at white blooms?

i'll turn your eyes to brown
i'll make u mad:

hey u'r ignorant about html!

didn't work

now u'r looking a hundred miles
up north toward san francisco downtown
where a man shouts incoherently
shakes his fist at passersby
his urine splashes a next year
model little economy car
foamy pool collects
under the right front tire

now your eyes are navy blue

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willow girl

my nose hides
in a mug filled with amber
next to the bottle's thick green glass

the redhead's summer green eyes project joy
their sun soaked mountain creek amber forest's happy mood

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willow girl got herself
friends and trees in the garden
one chimney on the roof
and one poet on the fence

come california winter-joke
the burning wood in the fireplace
smells good the friends' stories
sound even better
the poet does
what poets do
the chimney
decorates the sky with a fractal

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across from florida to california
oranges roll
oblivious to my stare
u seem cold
while the earth swims in flames
i know your eyes
and i would warm your hand
in mine
if i knew your name

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Wlodzimierz Holsztynski ©
1998
July 22 - Sept 24