Just Suppose
Bardiglio marble
Portuguese Rose marble
21" x 4" x 4"
and 19" x 2" x 3"
1999

Just Suppose
stones could flower.
I could be a radiant pink rose,
and you, a grand hybrid,
heralding your luminous gray.

"Preposterous!" you say,
with eyes averted,
"things cannot be
what they do not seem."

I let you dance off,
turning back then away,
then I see you smile,
flushing aromatically.
I wonder if ideas
are organs of perception.
I can hear you say,
"isn't that another illusion?"