ENTERING THE SPACE
WHERE SHE LIVES
AND BREATHES
ONCE MORE
IS ALWAYS A KINGDOM
AND NEVER
A CHORE,
A MAGICAL TIME
A WOMAN
IN PRIME…
BEAUTIFUL
WONDERFUL
CRANKY
AND BOUNTIFUL,
CLOSING
YOUR EYES
WILL BRING THE
SURPRISE
OF THE
LAND OF DYANNA,
SHE HOVERS
IN FIELDS OF
CLOVER,
OR MAYBE
WE’D BETTER
START THIS OVER:
(BECAUSE A BRIGHT
GIRL AND
THE LIFE OF
OF STRONG WHIRL
IS REALLY
DYANNA’S
WORLD),
GOING FROM
POET TO WRITER,
BIG SUR
TO BRIGHTER
AND TOUGHER
OUTLANDS,
PERHAPS WITH
A HOLLYWOOD
SPACE FOR
HER STAND,
I WRITE OF THESE
PLACES
AND FAMILIAR
STRONG FACES
BECAUSE THEY
ARE REAL
TO ME,
ETCHED IN
MY HEAD
AND ALSO
ON PAPER
DESCRIBING ADVENTURES
AND PRIVATE
DETENTIONS
OCCURING AS
IF THEY WERE
TRUE,
YOU KNOW
SOME BELIEVE
WHEN THEY
FINISH THE
READ
THAT THIS IS
THE STORY OF ME,
PERHAPS AT
SOME TIMES
WHEN MY LIFE
IS A CRIME
SET IN THE MAGIC
OF INK,
BUT FABULOUS,
NO…
I’M NOT,

WHILE SHE PAVES
THE WAY
FOR ME TO SAY
THAT SUCH
TYPES
LAND IN ORBIT
CIRCLING
PLACES AND
FAMOUS STRONG
FACES,
LIGHTS IN KLIEG
AND CAMERAS
FLASHING,
A WHIFF OF IT ALL
IS REALLY A
FALL FROM
REALITY,
AND SO YOU
AND ME
ENJOY THE
BACK SEAT
OBSERVING THE
TREAT
ANXIOUS TO
MEET
THE BIG CHEESES,
OFTEN FOUND
IN MANY
PIECES
LIVING HARD
IN LA LA LAND,
POSING FOR
PHOTOS
TO MAKE
A STAND,
AND I REMIND
YOU
(TRAILING BEHIND
YOU)
THAT LIFE IS YOURS
FOR THE KILL,
SO MAKE IT
YOUR OWN
AND LEAVE IT
ALONE,
CIRCLING THE ORDINARY
PLAIN CANARY
INSTEAD OF
A GLORIOUS EAGLE,
DYANNA HAS
DISCOVERED
AND WILDLY
UNCOVERED
THE SECRET OF
SIMPLICITY,
LIVING QUIETLY
AS YOU
AND ME,
ARISING FOR
HEADSHOTS
ONLY WHEN
ASKED,
POSING AND
SMILING
SOMEWHAT AGHAST,
SHE HANKERS
FOR PEACE
AND THE SHOUTING
TO CEASE,
JUST LIKE
YOU…
(AS WE SAY
AND YOU DO),
WATCHING
AND WAITING
FOR IT ALL
TO COME TRUE!

©JW WINSLOW 7/1/2021