In recognition of Poetry Month, and to celebrate and highlight our treasure trove of Orcas Island poets, Orcas Issues is pleased and honored to again offer daily poetry during April.
An alteration
— Lin McNulty —
An alteration
Of consistency
Alas occurred,
Counter to abjectivity
Smiling,
and with tearful eyes,
reality ripped through
a broken garden gate
along a wayward path
Crying,
And with a gleeful smile,
Truth tore the corners
From a faded fence
Forward toward untold
Pleasures and misery
An alteration
Left alone, consistency takes comfort
In habit, uniformity, complacency
Ripped, consistency reels outward
Bounding toward fearsome follies,
An alteration demands aberration,
Normality strewn and shredded
A gutter covered in fallen leaves.
© 11/14/06 Lin McNulty
Some fun word play here!
yes, Lin – YES! more of this in life!