Best Ill Defined Poems

Labels, bar codes, tattoos,
scars, third grade report cards,
a conspiracy of character.
A collection of square pegs
defining a circular whole,
a single syllable definition
of a polysyllabic expression,
the “road less traveled”*
“The Road Not Taken”.*
My song is sung
out loud – off key
my strength
the strength of being
alone amid a welcoming
of tattered...

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Smitten air, with peppermint sprigs 
crushed up in the mortar and pestle
Blue sun, holding an aura
which only the olive skinned beauties will see
Cloud drift, in shapes which resemble
an opaline map
Point of view
where only the ill-defined moment will be
First blush, apples on cheeks
gone pinched and rosy...

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