saucers
audrey lee
after “Buying Leeks” by Yosa Buson
Buying milk, walking
home under round clouds – saucers
for kittens against
the sky. The moon, swiss
cheese, rises east– kitten tongues
lap the dusk clouds up!
(Mewing kitten– a
tiny mouth mustached with milk.)
The sky, now cloudless–
the kittens, milk-drunk
and snockered. Cheese moon waning
in the night, arching–
Dawn – milk the kittens
haven't drank curdles in the
sun. Cheese moon– eaten!
Buying milk, walking
home under round clouds – saucers
for kittens against
the sky. The moon, swiss
cheese, rises east– kitten tongues
lap the dusk clouds up!
(Mewing kitten– a
tiny mouth mustached with milk.)
The sky, now cloudless–
the kittens, milk-drunk
and snockered. Cheese moon waning
in the night, arching–
Dawn – milk the kittens
haven't drank curdles in the
sun. Cheese moon– eaten!