e-ISSN 2499-5975
Il Tolomeo
Vol. 22 – Dicembre | December | Décembre 2020
29 DOI 10.30687/Tol/2499-5975/2020/01/010
Allowances
Ingrid de Kok
Allow a favourite child Favourite poem or ballet Favoured lie to yourself Favoured time of day Allow a favourite place
Perhaps the Alps, perhaps Karoo Vote for weather that thunders Or temperate blue
Favourite painting?
Mine, Las Meninas of course Who cares how predictable If the perfect choice Most prized plant?
Brunfelsia at the gate Decanting its purple bouquet Onto grey morning slate Though other beloveds Are always lying in wait Say cornflowers, Giotto The Milky Way, day break
But you, you really are my chosen one Duty free, no alternative, no sequel Though they keep telling us
Favourites are disallowed, all things being equal.