Party

The guests arrived like pinballs,
bumper cars, birdies and rackets,
oil, vinegar, gremlins, caribou,
foxes, weeds, poison ivy, ticks,
santas, prime ministers, doomed cattle,
coats of paint, grey hairs, rockets,
careening vehicles, shook up sodas,
cancer, elephants, shrews, quarks,
bees, remoras, lungfish (a no-show),
crows, berries, deer poop, stars,
old age, bad news, babies, pets,
eclipses, fog, goats, and seashells.

All in all, it was a great party,
we were surprised at the accord.

They left like rainwater, mice,
dead leaves, sunsets, groundhogs,
hobos, cheshire cats, pioneers,
hubcaps, pens, socks, pine needles,
recyclables, color, dunes, boats,
clouds, sunsets, Rhett Butlers,
sages, hunchbacks, soldiers, ants,
spring, breath, children, and joy.