A Video of You, Laughing
Step outside, why don’t you? The earth
pushes up handfuls of fragile violet astras
while snow snarls the edges of the yard.
A perfume of curling worms wends itself
into a dark pool of consciousness.
Why is it raining? Why now snow?
Why is it warm? Why now cold?
Lean into the filmy sky marking hours with clouds.
Plant yourself here: a video of your laughter falling
over our faces as through a sifter for sugar.
We’ll measure the day’s worth in neurochemicals.
We’ll measure it in blossom, and melting snow.
Step outside, why don’t you? The earth
pushes up handfuls of fragile violet astras
while snow snarls the edges of the yard.
A perfume of curling worms wends itself
into a dark pool of consciousness.
Why is it raining? Why now snow?
Why is it warm? Why now cold?
Lean into the filmy sky marking hours with clouds.
Plant yourself here: a video of your laughter falling
over our faces as through a sifter for sugar.
We’ll measure the day’s worth in neurochemicals.
We’ll measure it in blossom, and melting snow.
Margo LaPierre (www.margolapierreeditor.com) is a queer, bipolar Canadian poet and editor. Her debut collection, Washing Off the Raccoon Eyes, was published by Guernica Editions in 2017. She is newsletter editor of Arc Poetry Magazine, membership chair of the Editors Canada Ottawa-Gatineau branch, member of poetry collective VII, and a poetry selector of Bywords Magazine. Her work has been published in filling Station, CAROUSEL, Train Journal, and others. She/her. @margolapierre