Saturday, May 16, 2026

when it's a blue evening

 it's a blue evening

the engine in the distance

leaves in the wind

why not take a heaping spoonful of black pepper

straight down the gullet

live a little

time unwinds in a cool blue line

always pointing ahead

to where one never arrives

if only a bracing spoonful of freshly ground black pepper

could shake things up

my my my

what a rush that would be

in a dogwood tree

visible from the window

lies a nest hidden

by musty white flowers

boy oh boy

could I over go for a piping hot spoonful of pepper

send my sinuses into overdrive

send my taste buds to the moon

on a pleasant calm blue evening

2 comments:

Crab said...

Andy, did you eat a spoonfull of ground black pepper

Andy Lawrence said...

Away! away! for I will fly to thee, /
Not charioted by Bacchus and his pards, /
But on the viewless wings of Poesy.

I be flying on them poesy wings.