Take the road she took see where it goes
the strangest house on the block still stands
the little girl in the leaves is the love of my life
each blade of grass wrapped in gauze
commits our future happiness on memory.
All this alleged wishing to be lucky
if you cant’ squander talent well what can you do
with this stack of change in your pocket
catastrophes can’t be predicted only named in advance
everything means more than enough
Kate Lilley (Perth, Australia – 1960 -), from the book Versary (ISBN: 1876857153)
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Cover Image: Julio de Diego, River Patterns (platter, 1950). Stoneware, glazed, 2 1/4 × 19 1/4 × 12 1/4 inches. Stonelain, Associated American Artists, private collection. The artwork has been on show at The Grey Art Gallery at New York University in the collective exhibition: ‘Art for Every Home: Associated American Artists, 1934-2000’