poem postcard to maxine which became final poem in from granite to the oyster

To hum into.

Human is the hymn
of vertebrae snapping.

Tendons and Leaves
the noise of grassy measure.

To begin to humming
is to bubble grassy.

How wet the plain with dew.
How muscular.


melissa eleftherion
3/7/08
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thank you to sara larsen for reminding me via her blog to post some postcard poems.
i love your brontosaurus poem!