Now that lilacs are in bloom
by Arlene Ang

I'll have you coagulate the lilacs
a scarlet which clogs the atria

when the wind elbows through all that blood
I'll hear half-a-dozen fists drum my chest
and maybe a raid of sirens driving me to white death

but 200 joules will teleport me back
and I'll regain that familiar view of cumulus clouds
jabbed with lilac scent and that quick painful desire of you

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Now that lilacs are in bloom by Arlene Ang

Now that lilacs are in bloom
by Arlene Ang