Saturday, March 21, 2015

All the Faces Shaded by Evening Maples

Checkered blue curtains undulate in the light spring
breeze, carrying twilight kickball screams sore from
macadam shins skinned up to a second floor screen,
taunting the feverish in close quarantine whose rashy
grasp implores but cannot hold a tiny pine that stays
deep with inchoate needles pale green and yellow in a
hidden hole drilled some days past under swirled teal
tile pried loose where the glue was hastily misapplied.
The brown scab innocence within its safe grey circle
is absent-mindlessly flicked. A pale sharp half-moon,
it surprises with a red eruption right before bedtime.

3 comments:

  1. lovely imagery on that evening maples.
    cheers.

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  3. great imagery as usual. Nice to be able to get back in here... had some blogger blocks... but all good now. Lots of catching up to do!
    Nice 2015 work!

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