large families
quiet and well behaved
in my dreams

pink and ubiquitous
the dry paint recoils from the walls
barely hanging on

the small house
time for letting go--
yellow kitchen

I sit with the goose
who wears the green bandanna
I hold the knitted shawl

the jeweled colors dance
in the bright and airy room
new hope

in my dreams
i go back to warn you
you're already dead

among the red--
beautiful and different
lavender tomatoes

Juicy and sweet,
the sugarplum dances dimly
in the back of my mind.

on a porch
dropping its leaves
fake tree

I wake up
exhausted from too much work
in my dreams

awkwardly
skating around, falling in,
I remove the skates

moving
in frozen space
alone