Odd ends

in lilac time

  ready

  Ben

  places everyone

  third act sound track

  play the love scene

  warm up the band

  Ben

  and quiet that blue jay

  don't stare at me

  I'm no dandelion in the snow

  get your marigolds ready

  do this one in lilac time

  so low I hear bees

  play it

  Ben

  no

  slow the tempo

  its not the courtship

  of a dogtooth violet

  that tempo is forsythian

  nearly a jonquil dance tune

  a joe-pye weed wind waving

  make it crocus shy

  and hydrangea proud

  not tiger lily brash

  that's better

  Ben

  more rose buds to blossoms

  pop a few bowing white checkerberries

  mint scented bubbles

  as soft as sunrise dew

  on reddish-pink petals

  of a trumpet vine

  yes

  Ben

  that's it

  low enough

  to inhale the essence

  softly play in lilac time

  mock orange delicate

  dance fleabanes

  listen to those bees

  breathe airy purple

  swaying red dewy tulips

  play spring

  my marigolds

  in lilac time

  thanks

  Benjamin

  Four

  Poems: I wrote these poems while writing the novelette "Showdown at Ribbon Rock" and thinking about the main character spending his life with his mustang dun he named "Dancer."