Dear Pistachio

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Vandal Poem of the Day: October 18, 2016

by Sean Thomas Dougherty

My dear impertinent pistachio,

my lady-slipper’s largesse,

my eucalyptus, my Calypso bent calla lily,

my earth-cauled cauliflower,

O my babushka’d cabbage,

my dear ragamuffin ragweed—

my heliotropical sunflower,

my honeyed locust,

my vituperative violet, my delicately cloaked

artichoke—my lima bean,

Lie down my shady lady-fern, my blue

bell, my

willow, my rapturous

rain-washed

radish.

from Broken HallelujahsFind it in the library

Published in Poems Sean Thomas Dougherty

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