this day ..

loud shrill repeated over and over and ..

in this most pleasant sitting

a touching wind
a dancing shadow of light
an underrated presenting of tender colors
   offering the seeer such pleasure
a broad cover of new verdance in every shade
   shading

who taught the Mocker to sing the songs of a thousand
   and no song to claim as its own

where are the new silver gray kittens hidden


the dogwoods blush white and paled red

the clouds left for new playgrounds
..


all the while
   stretching from the Netherworld
a vicious evil
   named
   but unpronounced
strikes
   at life
      lungs g-r-asp for air
      hearts constrict in fear
         even the pompous raising their glasses to the rollicking loud
            admit their frightened soul

what to do

where to run

how to kill it 'fore it kills me
..


strange (?) how life drops to the lowest common denominator
   so readily
once the fluff is blown away
and we are forced       have to    admit
   that my privilege is useless

the Red Devil craves the taste of my blood as much as the other
..


and the blossoms bloom
as the hatchlings open their eyes
   to life
      in all its delight
serenaded by the glorious calls of a thousand welcomers
   to life
..


so we refuse to pronounce the name of This Death

let it die in ignominy
   in anonymy

while the wildflowers stretch their resplendent petals to the light
and mother cat preens
 
      smiling all the while