शनिवार, 9 अप्रैल 2011

how would I paint happiness





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Something sudden, a windfall,
a meteor shower. No -
a flowering tree releasing
all its blossoms at once,
and the one standing beneath it
unexpectedly robed in bloom,
transformed into a stranger
too beautiful to touch.


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~ Lisel Mueller
from Imaginary Paintings
Alive Together: New And Selected Poems
with thanks to whiskey river

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