#todayspoem
from Opera Singer by Ross Gay:
I will be slogging through the obscure country of my sadness
in all its monotone flourish, and so imagine my surprise
…
two bluebirds dive and dart and a rogue mulberry branch
leaning over an abandoned lot drags itself across my face,
staining it purple and looking, now, like a mad warrior of glee
…
let me stop here and tell you I said thank you.