Gain the New Gardens Beauties

Crush the flowers

That fade in our fists

And gain the new gardens

Beauties in our hearts.

How Many Centuries Away?

Nonfunctional activity

Looms in the recesses of the brain.

Aging is the villain

And the blame.

Genes explode in relief.

The genetics in science research

Blooms and already theories give grief;

Are these advances to what end?

Good relations diminish

with the coming of the flame

said to precede the last day.

How many centuries away?

printed in Portals--A Quarterly Showcase for Poets

Spring 1999

Wenatchee, WA

Redrosebush  Press