April's Promises

are for mortals.

The timid bud

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arrests a restless mind

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and 

feathered hopes wing away

taking us with them. 

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For

Flesh and blood


do the miracles of April


unfold.

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From 

paper and pen

does the heart's beat

rise.  

  
And it's all for

the people I care about

to whom I wish

April's Promises.

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This post is dedicated to 

everyone

overcoming cancer.
(I am fine, my dear friends. This is just a poem dedicated to others)

To R. F.

Tasting

a sudden landing

of oregano on the tongue

brings a dead uncle back

to a family picnic.  Bulbous boysenberries

between the teeth squirt a sweet punch

of childhood Sundays, and playful

plosives release an airflow of thought

on the tongue blade.  The mouth

Is a feast.

But the words

I have breast cancer

are hard to swallow.  Fricatives

strike like primal impulses

on a battlefield

of teeth on flesh. Vowels

piston five syllables, mashing

a bland unbelief that you spit out

when you say them. Fear

puddles in the soft-mouthed life

of morning when you wake

and I say them

with you,

Tasting.

anita rivera©

winter 2014

While Waiting In The CT Scan Room of The Hospital

I fan through a magazine 

noticing a model's

bold red lips kissing the 

happy

stripes of a lollypop  

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when I realize under the

 hot white lights 

of the

CT scan room

that the blaze of contrasts

in the photo

collide

with my ability 

to focus

  

which make me slightly dizzy

*****

 however

the white and aqua

on the next page

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are mirrored

 by beach vignettes

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while serene scenes 

of  

home and garden

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help

 

the colors of this hour

to join 

at a horizon 

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and then as 

the doctor comes in with 

the results of the 

second mammography 

which warranted concern

it's helpful to observe

how

candescense 

unites with 

 the velvet darkness

of an image 

  

to make a 

comforting impression.

  

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(The results were negative - this is a poem to describe the challenge of the moment to see light in the potential darkness)