The Poetry Corner

Airbrush

By Paul Cameron Brown

Iced coffee, wedge of toast - the sun poking thru cranberry glass delights exquisite Duchess of Berry, her decanters & an hourglass. Halo-hello in your fingertips I said, to a cadaver of light boldly striking a tuning fork to ring an engagement of gold flecks by your bed. Limoges vase for lace and pretty underthings for outside the stream steals my interest, wearing tumbledown silk pyjamas and a peek-a-boo smile that points thru reed curtains. A rustle from her chemise and sun parasol parts green boudoir draping shiny, black rock. The muddle of this earth-time puzzle, brief flutter to the eyelid's butter - I saw match-flare crocheted into the snake eyes of your dress.