Rosethorn... Poem by MoonBee Canady

(An Allegorical Piece of Americana)


Rosethorn... Sits Just Beyond
Boles of Cotton-Fields
Rosethorn... Where A Few Folks
Stick Together - For Good, For Real

Rosethorn: Famous For Its First Family's
Annual Ball & Bar-B-Que Grills...
But Where Most, Barely Make A Living
... Paying Over-Dues and Bills

Rosethorn... Over The Viaduct-Tracks
As Trains' Warning-Whistles Shrill
& Distant Echoes of The Drummers of
Rosethorn High School Marching Drills

And Hear The Poignant, Clear Call
of Owls & Crickets & Whipporwills
Just Outside of Rosethorn's Many
Worn-Down, Yet Open Window-Sills...

O' Throw A Kiss On The Wind
Wherever You Find - You Are...
and I Will Catch It Quickly...
Beneath The Biggest & Brightest Star

Rosethorn... Where Your Hidden Waterfall
& Memories - Froth & Spill
Where There's Hunting Frozen-Footprints
Thru The Woods In Winter's Chill

Rosethorn... Your Abandoned Drive-Inn Screen
Cast Fallen Shadows On Movie-Reels
- Is Now A Vacant & De-Valued Lot...
Where Teens Had Parked For Thrills

Rosethorn... Just Below Those Sloping
Far-Away, Hometown Hills
Just Past The Steel Yard's Welding
and Sawdust Lumbermill...

Amid Rosethorn's Namesake Flowers
And Transported Blue Jonquils
and Ropes... That Hanged A Man...
That They Said Raped Women & Serial-Killed

Rosethorn... Where The News Station
Is The Local Cafe & Bar
and Overated, Glowing Personals
and Reviews In Its 'Telegraph-Star'

Rosethorn... Once Rised On Blossom-Way
A Place Where Dreams Could Rebuild
But Now, Its Just A Stem-Cell-Site
The Young - Cool Their Jets... Until...

Rosethorn... Is The Last Resort
But First Route To Remember How It Feels
To Travel Thru A Space In Time...
As A Prickly-Pose, Stands Still...

O' Look Up To The Night Sky
Wherever You Find - You Are
and I Will Be Watching & Wishing
On That Same Big & Bright Star...

As You Keep Rosethorn In Your Heart's Horizon
... and Rear-View Mirror of Your Car...
and Dried Between The Pages of Your Mind
... Wherever You Find - You Are...


Quilled & Copyrighted ©: 5/6/2014
by: MoonBee Canady