42opus

is an online magazine of the literary arts.

16 November 2009 | Vol. 9, No. 3

An Answer

Give me an answer

full of elegance

and grace.

It doesn't have to be

in a porcelain dish.


Perhaps in an oyster shell

that has ocean scents


or in a tin can

my grandfather had

long ago smoking

a pipe.


Or let the answer be

that sweet scent of smoke

when in his special chair

he puffed then let out hummingbirds.


That i remember becomes complete

complete forgiveness

now gentle rain on

my tin roof.

About the author:

Carolina Vargas, a dual citizen of the U.S. and Colombia, was born in Bogotá. Sharing two cultures and languages, she writes, thinks, dreams, and talks in both. She graduated from Agnes Scott College, then studied and traveled for two years in Spain and France. She received an MFA in poetry from Arizona State University. At present she lives in Columbus, Ohio, gardening, writing, painting, and volunteering at the hospital.

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