Tangled by Hiram Larew

There are just too many worlds out there –

Ones as bald as buzzards

And others tangled up

In vines

Most are as cold as pirates’ clouds

Blood orange as blue can be

Some mornings

Yes there are too many worlds calling –

With every See you later a charm

But that never returns

Or with love pitched like straw

To the wind

And there are too many worlds warning –

With wasps swarming overhead

Or scissors pointing

And with sirens lighting the way

At night

Sometimes overall

There are just too many worlds trying --

With trees begging the sky for love

Or peaches desperate for cream

Or even more than that

With all that gushing

That just won’t stop gushing Why.

Audio narration of Tangled read by the poet: https://soundcloud.com/hiram-larew/tangled-an-audio-poem

Hiram Larew's most recent collection, Patchy Ways, was published in 2023 by CyberWit Press.  As founder of Poetry X Hunger, he's bringing a world of poets to the anti-hunger cause.  www.HiramLarewPoetry and www.PoetryXHunger.com