(Sitting in Golden Gate Park)
I can't say that these flowers, so pure and white
(with a bit of sunshine in the center)
Remind me of You
Because They Don't.
You're more like a blade of grass:
Every one looks the same until you take the time to
Focus, you Focus
on just one slim green stripe among the legions of green stripes.
Only then do you notice the yellow tip,
and the way it is bent three-quarters of the way
down.
Liz DeGregorio is a poet, writer and editor whose work has appeared in Electric Literature, Catapult Magazine, Lucky Jefferson, ANMLY, Dread Central, BUST Magazine, Ghouls Magazine, Ruminate Magazine, OyeDrum Magazine, Blink Ink and many other publications. She's also performed at the award-winning storytelling series Stranger Stories.