Transient, beautiful
well-designed but not built to last
once gone, you cannot return
angular like the A—frame houses
formed from acute geometric crystals
visitations only occur in haunted dreams
stunning architecturally but lacking internal warmth
once you’ve gotten used to the sight, it melts in your hand
I am never in one place for more than two years
Like the Jews wandering in the desert
How long will God be angry?
I hope it doesn’t take 40 years
to reach the promised land
By Monica Festa
