It's Still Life

Wishes in a Pocket

I have a charm in my coat pocket —
I play it like a game. An old coin
with a cross one side and a queen’s head,
a bolt-head smoother than my luck,
but I am happy for a twist of time
to intercede.

Written for dVerse Poets: Quadrille (44 words) . This is part of a poem written for the Found Poetry Review using translation method and replacing some words with the “sounds-like” phrases. The original source poem is written by F O’Hara “Lunch Poems”