Possibilities

By Jenny Powell | Posted:

I prefer the just-in-case

of a trap for heffalumps.

I prefer to tap-dance in bare feet.

I prefer lipstick

that doesn’t kiss the rim of a glass.

I prefer jaffas.

I prefer giggling.

I prefer the true aim of javelin throwers.

I prefer songbirds

defrosting in spring.

I prefer spring with its beacons of light.

I prefer to be with you offline.

I prefer french horns.

I prefer the possibility of prayer bell earrings.

I prefer a torch in the dark.

I prefer silence without

conditional verbs.

I prefer to turn the page.

I prefer the endangered application

of common sense.

I prefer the democracy of learning.

I prefer to learn the language of trees.

I prefer black stilts in braided rivers.

I prefer bubbles that float away.

I prefer that literacy and literature

hold hands.

I prefer the live tongue of talking.

I prefer blue pencils for writing the sky.

I prefer to walk at my speed of light.

I prefer parallel lines

that veer off course.