2000 Followers / Desert Flower

2000 Followers / Desert Flower


The Dahlia, open blooming 
Far from Africa’s dusty plains. 

Bawdy songs float through the day’s rain. 
Sphallolalia - wink and cry. 

Pancakes, breakfast in bed, sorry. 
Apology not accepted.  

Circumlocution keeps us bound, 
A big toe in a direct stream. 

Incandescently glowing love,
Shadows blind our eyes to flaws seen. 

Sitting in a bed above a 
Garden in Spring with you naked. 

Whispers left too much unsaid here, 
We can’t apologize again.

Our bodies fused, eyes blind, don’t see 
Because we no longer see us,

Instead we look at the raindrops,
Counting grains of the desert’s sand.

Look at the rose, its petals fall.
Dirty rhymes no longer bring joy.

So on my Twitter account @authorstew I reached 2,000 followers in July. So for reaching 2,000 I had my followers send me words and I said I would put them into a poem. The words are listed below.

xDahlia – flower

xSphallolalia – Flirtatious talk that leads nowhere.

xPancakes

xCircumlocution – a roundabout or indirect way of speaking

xAfrica

xBawdy – obscene

xBig toe

xIncandescently – aglow with ardor, purpose, etc.:

Here's the poem for reaching 2000 followers, using the words that were suggested. Thank you!#poem #poetry #2000followers pic.twitter.com/kAzLwd7P8t

— AuthorStew (@AuthorStew) July 3, 2021