Tuesday poem #659 : Sunnylyn Thibodeaux : I am the Ultimate Ozzler

 

 

Reading about Harry Crosby
and the changing of his wife
‘s name and the dead pigeons
around the neck, painted in red ochre
I wonder about the diamond lights
flickering pendant of sapphire ghost
Seven candles of gold leaf
How many lovers does it take
to get to the center of a good poet?
How many letters of request
for the trust fund to stay tapped
In and out of sheets, satin and marbled
I would’ve never left the studio
if I got a glimpse of ink on his feet 

 

 

 

Sunnylyn Thibodeaux is the author of five full length collections of poetry, as well as over a dozen small books including Witch Like Me from the Operating System. She is a teacher, neighborhood activist and tree enthusiast. She is the mother of a Scorpio and wife of a poet and splits her time between San Francisco and New Orleans. In 2026 City Lights will publish her selected poems.

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