Pearl
— for Flo

Be a lite and no love
                                 simply finger it
Build a saint in your vision
                                 but don’t glide thru life in reverse.
Have your God hide your drink
                                       for a rainy day.
Know your illusions are genuine
                                        and nothing but dreams.
Know your love lives on the planet
                                        and is lost on the internet.
Stretch your imagination in your mirror
                                        and dance with it.
In dreams cast yourself
                            as a pearl.
And be ready to wail like John Coltrane.