LITERA
http://dx.doi.org/10.4102/lit.v37i1.1188

 

Three Moments in Life

 

 

Robin Gallaher Branch

Faculty of Theology, North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, South Africa

Correspondence

 

 

A Meditation on Mean

An executive decision cutting my work and pay Means

I scramble to survive Meaning

I eat less, delay servicing the car, and cancel the dry cleaning

Sure, I know I'm merely a budgeted item

Meaningless

To management and viewed as no longer

Meaningful

But the faceless "It's nothing personal" feels just plain

Mean

 

Butterfly Graces

A butterfly graced

The craft compound at church camp

Lightly blessing beads

Calico patches

And the colored boondoggle

Dangling from a post

It tickled bare backs

Explored drying objets d'art

While dancing over glue

 

Ode to Selfie Mosquito

Selfie Mosquito-

Tiptoeing on a mirror

Tap dancing true love

Beguiled by me-ness

Thoroughly narcissistic

Smitten by image-

Smugly preens in glee,

Smashingly unaware of

Quickly coming death

 

 

Correspondence:
Robin Gallaher Branch
branchrg@gmail.com