Gladnesses
and pleasantnesses –
plural happy awkward
abstract nouns
dressed up like
bursts of sunrise
in their gold-flecked
azure gowns --
defend
against tense brows and frowns
the way your mommy
did when you
could tell
she needed you to love
the birthday party
she had baked
and made for
you when you were seven.
Thank heaven for
it all – that call for
sentimental happiness,
its sappiness
of gladnesses
and pleasantnesses –
bred from yearnings,
improprieties
and messes of
the darkened heart’s
immersion in
the night. Tell that heart
there’s brightness, there is light.
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