Assisi: An Online Journal of Arts & Letters Volume 4, Issues 1 & 2 | Page 22

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LUCILLE LANG DAY

SIMILES BY DEVLIN, AGE FOUR
He says the new chandelier in my front hall
with its five wavy amber-colored shades,
each holding a candle-shaped bulb,
“looks like honey dripping from flowers.”
And the sound of tires on pavement
on a spring afternoon, as we drive
up the hill to Lawrence Hall of Science,
“is like the sizzle of pancakes cooking.”
When I’m on the phone with his mom,
discussing dinner plans and weather,
he wants to tell me something:
“I love you more than an infinity of houses.”
I think about that: the most expensive
and important thing anyone owns.
What can I say? Stars are too distant,
flowers too small and fragile. Stumped,
I reply, “I love you that much too.”

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