Tag: shadows
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Night Cat
Mine, mimes the black cat putting out his paw to her darkness. Let’s walk in the wood, black eyes imply,the scent of shadows rising from him.The snow, the city, the night dissolves. Mornings to come he will purr to her face.She hears a word of fur and thinks it’s love.Nights, he will slip out like…
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The Fairground Closes for the Night
The whirligigs above will stop,fold and rest their metal wingsfor the night.The cars and those in them will not collide.Gravity returns, granting peace and stillness from the movements of the day. The weary attendants will slump their shoulders,sighing in relief.So too, will the teddy bear in the claw machine once the current shuts off. Bullets…
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Shadows and Footprints of Everyday Crimes
The shadows of our footprints follow us everywhere from the court, the pavement, the dance, the street, ink stained register of our birth, and the stumble to grave, invisible to us unless in melting snow, bed of dirt. The powder on the factory floor leaves the forensics of our existence. Watch as trees…