Engagement Party

by ..

Marilyn Belak

 

-fruit flies in Canada –  apologies to Dr David Suzuki

 

By all means Drosophila crash this ‘afterparty’
…………..see:  the crystal stemware shines in the first shaft of summer sunlight {which is not so long since
its last shaft} truly

dregs of Saturday night and the playlist lingering
…………..pigment of BC ~  Red :  rude in Austrian etched wineglass curves ~ all glamour of liquid ruby
visions evaporated

Yes ~
celebrate genetics with me – sweep your samba
your air walk ephemera  through the dew / loving post coital
daze and the haze on my solstice patio

waken old crystal with this new experience
…………..{  the north turned a cold shoulder to migrant fruit flies }  a winter walk ~ store to truck to kitchen
ended viable lines of your families

liven this southern lusciousness
where we glided ~ as if ~  in a movie:  beside patio fairy lights    my past and family
lost ~ as you will be

here       let me empty this bottle into the crystal
see         what I mean
the liquid red dream     a soft sheen of moonbeam-clear film
…………..holes I’ve lovingly pricked
with this beautiful antique hat pin  kept in a shot glass on the window sill
for just such an occasion