Friday, July 31, 2009

April Afternoon


Painting by Kinuko Y. Craft


April Afternoon


Dog legs
flicker
through lattice,
Jacques’ vermilion collar
alerts the aureole
shivering
the robin’s
dazzling green overture.

The robin
braids her song
around a thick gray maple branch.

Her song, a small garter snake
disguised as an asp
escaping
the golden cup
of truth.

Alan Britt

Posted over on Bolts of Silk

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