in the neighborhood
in the neighborhood of make-believe
it’s always a beautiful day
blue, sunlit (spotlit), houses even
trolley rolls making celestina music
it could not be otherwise, since
it’s make-believe, and we would imagine
only ever placid scenes, i guess
the studio was in pittsburgh, home of
contrary weather, snow, ice, deep
temperatures cold or hot
and much is changeable throughout
the day, though i don’t think this means
dissembling—
after all,
we make this up
for and by our host, the
peaceful man
i might wish for different days,
something cloudy for a change
maybe an unobtrusive rainfall or the
kind of snow just right for angels and
snowpeople or the kind of hot that takes
us joyfully to swimming pools
or inside icecream shops
this would make my make-believe, i guess
different skies for different days
without destruction caused
by anything, and that
would be made-up, indeed
eschewing tempests of reality
taking only friendly patterned skies with us to
meet the king of superstitious days
c l couch
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