Lyn Lifshin

Alma

calla lilies and roses
cartwheel on her
bunting under
woven crimson
cloth.  Behind her
kohl eyes, who
knows what dreams
grow.  Emerald
and jade thru
shutters, she
clutches a plastic
ring as other
fingers long to
hold her, to circle her in
arms, be the
ring her life
will slide into
easily as the
moon over her
almond skin,
like their love

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