Image via Like a Desert Prophet
Dallas Clayton wrote my current favorite picture book, "An Awesome Book!" You can even read it and all it's dreamy happy on his website. And you should. It is lovely.
Please also enjoy some of Dallas's poems, more of which can also be found on his website. Not to mention that he's kind of a Baldwin. Mwah.
AFTER WASHING
Never used moisturizer.
I read the directions and paid careful attention to keep it away from my eyes.
Gotten soap in there before.
Caught under the lid.
Burned so badly I had to go to the hospital and wear an eye patch.
Told everyone a bird ate my eye.
Of course later they saw that I was lying.
SPIRIT ANIMALS
There’s a very unique feeling
that happens in your stomach
when you clean out your car
and decide to throw away
a dreamcatcher.
SIMPLE
When talking to a young child about death
take comfort in the fact
that to him
much of what it means to die
involves laying down with your eyes closed
and waiting for someone magical
to come along and kiss you.
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