ORIGAMI TIGER -  PAPER AIRPLANE

the lost poem
free to be itself
without human interference

the finished poem
remembers when
it was only a sudden inspiration

the new poem
young as a feverish
scribble

the old poem
bored
in the forgotten book

in the wastepaper bin
the unfinished poem
finishes itself

the failed poem
its life in shreds
scattered upon the floor

the poem on p.34
falls in love with
the poem on p.35

the book closes
alone at last
p.34 kisses p.35

in the wastepaper bin
the unfinished poem
finishes itself

the failed poem
its life in shreds
scattered upon the floor

the failed poem
takes wing
transformed into a paper airplane

the failed poem
becomes
an origami tiger