Blooming Flowers

from Northern Sketches by Gary Bunting

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Blooming Flowers

I awaken from an afternoon nap
A religious vision stain on the wall
From the boiler leak the other morning
The tinkling chimes of the ice cream guy
Dance through the window ajar
Far away, an aeroplane banks left
The heft of the engines sky high

The birds in the aviary tweet and natter next door
They have about ten, some will flap their wings
But no matter how much they flap
They’ll never fly towards the sun
Or sit in the highest branch of a weeping willow
Or fly south for the winter
When the ice nips their plumage

It’s hot
It’s hot to move
Hot to do, anything
Hot to think about doing anything
I just want to stay here
Motionless, a reclining nude
But food, I’m hungry and thirsty
Oh mercy

But this is what Sunday afternoons are for
They’re languid and lazy bones
Nap strewn and easy-osey
Lounging around in your PJ’s and dozing
Forget about work, tomorrow can wait
Put on the kettle, I’ve got a date
With coffee and toast and a fan on the go
Let’s breeze through the hours
Take a cool shower
And relax in the sun
Because we’re all blooming flowers

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from Northern Sketches, released October 22, 2021

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