Milorad Pavic - Imitation #3

       red sadness

eyes too tired
for attention are
rimmed
with a red sadness

the maple limb,
tilting limp
from the tree is
rimmed with a
red sadness

the pock mark,
the excema, the
ringworm are
rimmed with a red
sadness

the way to drink
is blocked,
all doors
rimmed with
a red sadness

apples and oranges
are not rimmed
with a red sadness,
neither are tulips
or geraniums

this cat, restful, tail
curved and curled
seems rimmed with
no red and no
sadness

it seems half asleep
ready and not ready
in the midst and
slightly removed,
rimmed with blue