The night hangs thick and weary
A slick sky smeared with purple paint
Pin pricked canvas, twitching white.
An elephant ponderous in sagging skin
The color of pavement stones
Tramples black grass beneath padded feet.
Trunk tied with coiled tail, he trails behind
A Dalmatian who wears shadows scattered
In satin fur, like the smudges of
Dirty fingerprints and wonders
If perhaps the spots are stars turned
Inside out. Slippery fireflies
Drift by, juggling miniature
Narcoleptic suns that flick on and off
Like spastic bathroom lights
Start go, start go they move
A chain link fence in pendulous unison
Chasing sputtering halos that weave
With the ease of trick aeroplanes
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(I believe it’s actually snow but when I initially saw the image I interpreted it differently. I have no idea why I was obsessed with alliteration. Well another attempt at a somewhat childlike poem today’s kind of an off day for me so.)
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