jigsaw children

[tom.d.stiller]

jigsaw children

I

they are playing happily together
they try to make the pieces fit
jack and jill and ruth and ralph
four jigsaw puzzles on the kitchen table
how beautiful the pictures grow
when they are assembled by
the jigsaw children

II

their mother mixed up all the pictures
they try to make the pieces fit
jack and ruth and jill and ralph
four jigsaw puzzles on the kitchen table
how beautiful their laughter grows
when they make the pictures grow
the jigsaw children

III

they played out in the fields
they laughed their life away
jill and ralph and jack and ruth
how their joy exploded
how their cheers filled the air
how all the pieces fit with
the jigsaw children

IV

they picked them up out in the country
they had been playing in the fields
ruth and jack and ralph and jill
they try to make the pieces fit
four mixed up children on the table
they photograph each single part of
the jigsaw children

V

we are standing at the table
we try to make the pieces fit
jill and jack and ralph and ruth
four jigsaw puzzles on the table
try to reconstruct the beauty
try to reassemble
the jigsaw children.