Pusillanimous
I won’t apologize
Risking it all
Probably sixty mistakes I’ve made so far
Asking for vintage photographs since they’re keepsakes
Fear of pushing the elevator button for the fourth floor
Enchanted with Mexican Fire Opals
Magenta moss rose, yellow sun rose, orange rock rose
Pale ten o’clock shadow
Bright ice plant petals in the ice box
Vervain on the brain, they must think I’m vain
Line up your sidewalk with vibrant Orange Emperor Tulips
Send them to my office as an inside joke
Not a psychotic break
Avoiding societal expectations of having to experience Boanthropy
Hoping it’s just spiritual
An unmistakable smirk but I think I tried to be stoic
Lighthouses in daylight are still necessary
Beside the water in the springtime
Escape from epidemic ennui, just you and me
Maybe I’ll still have existential dread but at least I’ll have company
I’ve heard that it’s hard to break up
Songs and reality shows playing in my head
Calla lilies in the cavern
Razzle Dazzle Giddiness
Mentoplasty would get rid of my cleft chin
Wendy Williams could taunt me on TV
That is the second time I have knocked over a kimono
Feel the rush from my coral blush
Another day, I might have a fuchsia flush
Mauve madness or marvel
Dinosaur sours as part of the last supper
So anachronistic
Experiencing Borborygmi after my nap
Must be Peristalsis
Going through allostatic overload from cabin fever
Stir craziness
Wishing for razzle dazzle giddiness
Pictures from my August trip to Portugal keep things in perspective
Samantha’s Pinwheels poem was published in Reality Break Press’ Volume I Poetry Issue. Other poems by Samantha have been published by Polar Expressions Publishing, Grey Thoughts, Fevers of the Mind Poetry Digest, Nymphs, Malarkey Books and Poetry Festival. In 2019, Samantha self-published a collection of poetry called Kazoo through Blurb.
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