Pancakes With Syrup

PANCAKES WITH SYRUP Apparition of the past Tending to the future Future is soaked Soaked with sorrow Sorrow tastes blood Blood of wrathful grapes Grapes plucked one by One, tightly squeezed Squeezed with dry palms Palms rest on Jerusalem streets Streets filled with throngs Throngs of people, restless Restless for peace, and war War painted on their feet Feet that fight the pavement Pavement pulls them like taffy Taffy stretches — distorts Distorts like a funhouse mirror Mirror of mockery and mayhem Mayhem stirs the pot Pot that boils over Over the top Top bureau filled with papers Papers burning in protest Protest of life itself Itself a mirror, a bullseye Bullseye of the author Author of one’s own making Making pancakes with syrup Syrup sweetens the lie Past lies churn future consequences 12/11/2017 LOOP FORM