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Which nectar tastes best Oct. 8, 2013

 


I see a lot

Even when I’m not

Looking at her

not all through

the camera lens

with which I steered

 through this odd landscape,

where I had no business being,

 her world, not mine,

even she seems a stranger here,

remote, sad, concerned,

 under dressed for the occasion

 most thought might be black tie,

I look  elsewhere each time

she came into view,

 scared I might turn to stone

 or a pillar of salt

yet (I was) aware of where she is,

 and her stares back,

 and the sense of the misplaced,

 the need for all of us to play

new roles in this

passion play of politics,

in which people switch sides

so often it is impossible to know

 who is loyal to whom

and for how long,

yet, she seems to fit anyway

 a humming bird flitting

 from flower to flower

 until she finds a flavor

she likes,

sometimes needing to

sample all the nectar

to see which tastes best

 and which wants her tasting them.

 

 

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