New Year's Toast, An Emerald One Poem by Mary Angela Douglas

well it's click, click, click of the ruby heels

Good Glinda in a froth of pink

the wand waved over all your worries



that's what I think.

it's seeing spots before your eyes

like emerald sequins



when the curtains come down

it's like saying goodbye

when you don't want to



goodbye. and you don't know how.



here's to Kansas or the way home.

the balloon adrift and the oh no

then you wake yourself up from the lucid dream.



here's to all the beauty you've ever seen

all the friends in a lovely disguise.



won't they be surprised to see you

again, when the curtains rise



when the dear earth chimes

or your part of it.



mary angela douglas 31 december 2019