Pam Barger)



I'm watching fish swimming in circles

Leather bag I grip tightly

Makes a wrinkle in your brow

My friend now you've tried it and what do you know that's new



Did you see it from the roof

Or inside the oven yes inside the small bottle

You tried it and what do you know that's new



Eyes got smaller and you waited

I didn't even know that today was the day

Smells of summer much too much

To stop, not wait, your forgone conclusion



Loss of some life and frailty on the edges

I'm thinking in small pieces

To keep rough water waves from swelling

No accident for me to know you

No accident for you to push me out

Sparing small change for bigger days



My heart my feet my legs my body

They all will need new housing

But no hilltop manors, no milk and honey

No small words flying or promises to my baby