But I’m Getting Better At It
I hunt a coven of poets that meets
in kindly Christian Science reading rooms
but my small-town street is different now.
Buildings are demolished, replaced by a
Presbyterian church big as Walmart,
compound and complex as a honeycomb.
In one cell, the coven is convening.
I want to phone and tell them that I’m coming
if they phone back to tell me where to be.
A helpful girl recites the phone number
but I will type at least one digit wrong –
I’m still learning to read and write in dreams.
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(as all your poms are) this one is really cool…going to church ain’t what it use to be, especially with a coven
Thanks so much, Jim
Oh, I love this poem. Such an effective setup for writing about our dehumanized world.
Thank you so much, Linda
Love the title and the ending. “Complex as a honeycomb” is wonderful.
I really am trying to learn to read and write in my dreams. It’s a recurring theme
When you find out where that coven is meeting, lemme know, ok?
They meet in the dream world
Love “coven of poets”! Hope you find them in your next dream!
That’s where I found them
It’s good to know that others do the same “dream word” – although I haven’t managed to transport my old poetry group this far from the Sierra foothills, sad to say, even in dreams!
Wonderful conclusion to poem!
Interesting that this dream gave you a linear narrative. Wonder if that has anything to do with the linearity of reading/writing.