that's mrs. mediocrity to you

one eye to the sky and both feet on the ground
the science of whole and the new math
of half

roses and ridicule
softness and seed
whispers and wandering
never and need

the filter worn thin
and the devil’s
tight grin

and the earth
building gravity’s fortune

spinning moss
for each gathering jewel
in a pattern of laughter
and parody’s waltz

forward left
forward left
sidestep right

black and blue
sharp beaked
shiny wing

half is whole
whole is half

and the circle closes
with the perfect measure
of preen

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A poem a day for 30 days, in honor of National Poetry Month. Day 16
I’m participating in NaPoWriMo, and Writer’s Digest Poem a Day Challenge.

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