Blue Banana Night

we talk of the blue banana

that tastes like ice cream

legendary librarians

arresting Chihuahua

gala apples, spiced rum

dinner is exemplary

as are the guests

in the colorful artist’s

circle of friends

a fabric of stars

a Chinese Happy Family

eating pot roast

drinking sherry

being extraordinary

for one splendid

blue banana night

—deborah osborne

Revoked Vitals

Come to my door. Find my footsteps

in the snow,

and look upon me

laying on the bed, red striped and erased.

Sit at my right side to help me close

my eyes.

Notarize for me your

problems with the world today. Hand them over.

Raise the earth above my head;

bury them

with my debts

that haven’t seen the house I left.

Now fly away—fly away fast—and

turn over

your leafs to rescind

after me the happiness you never received.

—zachary kaveney