a secret hid under an orchard tree
obvious
enwombed
glistening
trying not to spill
a secret hid under an orchard tree
talking to itself
antsy and effervescent
glittering
a secret waited
waiting for One Eyed Joker
to come

Secret hid under an orchard tree
orbed
enwombed
trying not to spill
Secret hid under an orchard tree talking to itself
antsy and effervescent
hoping for
YOU
One Eyed Joker
to come


One Eyed Joker flung flipped flew out the screen door

Slam

One Eyed Joker flung into the orchard
looking for nothing in the dark
eleven flowered almond trees deep
flipping in flowered flowers
One Eyed Joker flipped into the orchard
and found
Secret
silent under almond flower petals and pistils
quietly glimmering and pulsing.

One eyed Joker found Secret hiding against a flowering tree
Secret throbbed
One Eyed Joker gathered Secret in bright eyed bewilderment

One eyed Joker slung Secret into his knap sack

Come Secret
get out of the orchard.



Into the house of cards the One Eyed Joker skipped
Inside the parlor
beside the open library
One Eyed Joker placed Secret in the best Oxen leather wing back chair
mid a dryer warmed cloth
One Eyed Joker covered Secret

then put the kettle on

Secret sat in the leather wing chair talking to itself.
Secret basked One Eyed Jokers attention
Secret saw One Eyed Joker
a fool with limited intellectual
intentions


the kettle blew

One Eyed Joker went to the cupboard
to get the pretty set
brew licorice tea
a dollop of honey One Eyed Joker mixed in

in silence Secret sat in the soft oxen leather wing chair
vibrating pulses beginning to stream line
One Eyed Joker went for a fresh warmed blanket
to swaddle Secrets blinking brightness
Secret sat upon the soft leather wing chair
wrapped in a blanket beginning to plot
Secret sat for years waiting for the One Eyed Joker
to hear the chatter inside.

One Eyed Joker flipped about flowered and free for many years
Secret made friends with the learned books in the library
Secret and the knowledgeable loathed One Eyed Joker for his foolishness
the learned wanted him to fall.
But stupid One Eyed Jack knew more than them all.

Always in safety One Eyed Joker held out the sweet liquorish tea to the Secret and the Library.
To none in the rum did the tea taste as sweet save for the joyful One Eyed Joker.

05/01/2011

Author's Note: 30/30 last one

Posted on 05/01/2011
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