Fresh mint is nothing
but clusters of stars,
and a screwed top jar
measures the limit of
man’s contemplation.
Just slice the goat’s
cheese and a single
galaxy has divided.
Decorate the region
of the sky with berries,
and blend all the con
fusion which still exists.
Gently fold into the
sweetcorn the
emissions generated,
the mango mixture
of brilliant vindication.
George Cassidy Payne is a poet from Rochester, NY. His work has been included in such publications as the Hazmat Review, Moria Poetry Journal, Chronogram Journal, Ampersand Literary Review, the Angle at St. John Fisher College, and 3:16 Journal. George’s blogs, essays and letters have appeared in the USA Today, Wall Street Journal, the Atlantic, the Havana Times, the South China Morning Post, the Buffalo News, and more.