Dee Allen.
Bliss
Stuffed burrito, freed from foil, wrapped repast
In a spinach tortilla, enjoyed on a blanket on the grass.
Guacamolé, rice, salsa & black bean goodness, savoured with a friend.
Hers, wrapped in wheat. Bottled orange juice, red grapes for meal's end.
Picnic for two, in awe of in-progess biology.
Twittering birds, insects fly, sunshine in the lap of ecology.
Seated before an engraved headstone, flower bouquets, rows of crypts—
Bizarre to the average normie—to me, it's bliss.
Dee Allen. is an African-Italian performance poet based in Oakland, California. Author of 10 books--Boneyard, Unwritten Law, Stormwater, Skeletal Black, Elohi Unitsi, Rusty Gallows: Passages Against Hate, Plans, Crimson Stain, Discovery and his newest, The Mansion--and 78 anthology appearances.