Rose Garden

Bloodied and torn, you became legendary...

Expanded view, horizontal dawn by Ned Mudd

Rose Garden

they said you crawled in a woman’s window
to listen to her sleep. you became her dream. 
she touched your face and screamed
waking the neighbors. you made your exit.
by a wide miscalculation you landed 
in her rose bushes. bloodied and torn 
you became legendary. a tale told by madmen 
who say you were found on a merry-go-round 
talking to Leonard Cohen who was nowhere 
to be seen. 

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Ned Mudd resides in Alabama where he engages in interspecies communication, rock collecting, and frequent cloud watching. He is the author of The Adventures of Dink and DVD (a space age comedy). Some of Ned’s best friends are raccoons.