Sang à Vendre

The dog could come in bleeding from a piece of glass
or pressure-cooked marinara sauce
could explode.

Marionettes could wave the communist flag.

A double-decker bus could go by
in London or eyes could sweep over
Matisse's 1911 studio.
its grandfather clock without hands.

Ladybugs could lay their eggs
on the tulips making up Mickey's
smile at the entrance to Disneyland.

The water at Normandy couldn't be documented in color.

The nurse could hold up the placenta
in the blue
plastic bin.

A railway car could go by
tagged by a blood.

And Clara Bow's lips
could have pressed
against the camera lens
as she wore
the matching boxing gloves.

J. Miller McIntyre