Perihelion: An Online Journal of Poetry and Mayhem
The Phoenix Issue, No. 16, Winter 2008
 
 

William Rush

THE DICTIONARY OF DREAMS

                                   Apples on the ground?  Expect false flattery.
                                    Crows, above, below, portend misfortune.
                                    The fox is to be feared for sullied reputation.
                                    Avoid a wounded lark or downfall comes.
                                    Spades, held in a hand of cards, mean grief.
                                    Ice, walked upon, foretells hot shame.
                                    Onions of any kind bring envy and spite.
                                    Dream of a loosened tooth and hope fails.
                                    Warts on another’s hand? You have an enemy.