Poems Niederngasse
Christopher T. George
Origami

You said I always took more than you received.

You begin with a piece of white chart paper
8 inches by 10, that you manipulate
into an exquisite scrunched shape;

your six-pointed stars, fish,
birds on the wing -- beautiful
-- remind me of someone hunched
by a loveless relationship,

I said I lack the patience for origami.

You cut the paper with scissors,
describe the sensation of creation
as a liberating, Zen-like experience,

-- just you and the crisp white paper.

round VIII, poem 17, 9 September 2005

Christopher T. George is the editor of Desert Moon Review.  He was born in Liverpool England, in 1948 and has lived in Baltimore, Maryland, USA since the late 1960's.  His poetry has appeared in numerous magazines and anthologies.  He recently became Co-Editor, with Jim Doss, of Loch Raven Review.  email: Christopher T. George