Morning Exercise Poem by Cristina M. Moldoveanu

Good morning!
with half-closed eyes you can see your life
running like a fairy at the window
shaking cherry flowers from her hair
raising the train of her dress between her fingers
it would have been unusual not to fall in love
not to see among clouds
swans in pairs white hearts in pairs dissolving
while you sip your rosemary tea

Good morning I command to you!
if you stare with your eyes wide open
you see this life
an ugly madam with thick makeup and dilated nostrils
sniffing you as if you were half-dead
throwing on your table the dry bread and the hard-boiled egg
take it there's no time for a bargain take a bit of sunshine
a pinch of salt on your tongue
swallow at once

like this...open your eyes very slowly until your lives begin to wrestle
and smash one another down to dust