Running Wild
(Found poem from
House and Garden Magazine,
December, 2002)

let your inner child
so well behaved,
for the previous
eleven months,
run wild

don't think of
confining yourself
resonate
like a theatrical production

bring something beautiful
to the party with a red
intense enough
to climb into

believe in miracles
catch the cunning
dusty light

dance in the courtyard
of the museum

dream of Sub-Zero
refrigerators grazing
in open pastures

stop before putting
the key in the lock

consider a New Year.


Copyright © 2003  by  Arlene Lawson