ALAINA JOHNSON

A Creation of Man

The sun fell down in a million different colors
And I guess I�m only angry that I couldn�t count them all at once
Just shattered glass along a countryside...
A hand reached out to me.
He said �Sorry for the sonnets�
Since he spoke to me in sonnets
But that was just his program so I
Turned it all down...
And last night I thought I felt the world turn.
Somewhere a scientist is sinning
Playing God with black magic and baby Jesus --
The rain continues crying
As he closes his umbrella.
And everyone is watching
As he opens up his overcoat
And carvest the infant heart out
Made to feel concrete surroundings.

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Daddy

Never sit waiting for the right moment --
It�s not likely it will ever come.
And I rather blend quite nicely
Into this crowd of people,
Licking my ice cream.
It�s any other day...
But I was waiting for my father
And he�s a rabbit in a snowstorm,
And he�s running very late.
I will take his foot off,
And when the storm blows over
I will keep it for good luck.