peoples’ thoughts
are
not your own
you
sounded sad
i heard you flying
out
back
when the world was wide
you wrote life out in the sky
the friendliest clouds
flew round from the hive
and every imaginable color was bright
blue and green were like purple
at night
great skies of amber
made purpose
in you
really there
was
nothing
left
to try
or to do
you
are you
all
senses
leave
eyesight
left
to
sound
more quiet
after knowing you
loud in my ear
soon set in orange
and all good things
come out from a dawn
around us
we scoot
the food and the shoes
to lay out on our bellies
with an air of #mood
lpl
#
poetry by nicole garlando (excerpt 2019)
photo by kate sweeney of mel mark and ella hackworth (upstage); cole henry jones, kim wilczak, jovita purqueras (trio); justin fitch and ava morgan in garlando’s “TIME IN” a durational performance and interactive installation (2017) cultural arts center, columbus oh.
Cole G 