A Poem by Dd. Spungin

The Reunion

by Dd. Spungin

Scientists crack open a brain

Not ready for the host of memories

Spilling out all over the lab table

Not ready for the years rolling

Onto the antiseptic tile floor

Pooling, puddling, seeping into the grout

Creeping under the door, 

Out, into the hall

Running in rivulets to the stairwell

Waiting at the elevator

Cascading down the empty shaft

Dripping into the ground beneath the building

Into the fertile earth, worms and robins

Messing about, pulling the memories

Here and there,

Moving them around

Flying with bits in beaks

Making nests

Baby birds nestling, trilliing

Memories, thrilling

The world spinning

Around retrieved sights,

Sounds, scenes

Preserved in yearbooks

Whispers, dreams.

 

The Summer Gazebo Readings feature 4 author/poets each Monday evening in June, July and August, 7 pm at Schoolhouse Green in Oceanside, NY. See the links to the right for our schedule and directions. Bring a lawn chair and come on down!