© 2011 Sophia Rosenberg

Falling Again

Dented waterbottle, stainless steel hammered by clumsiness.
Loose shoelace. Jar of baby teeth.

"Don't touch that painting."
"Don't climb on the Henry Moore"

In the yard a ladder leans against a fence.
Bruised apples, statue of Buddha face down in the creek.

Love Lies Bleeding next to the secateurs.
Wineglass, meteor, collar bone.

A starfish of terror sings without a mouth,
"The tide, the tide, it's falling again."