Fourmai
Learning to love
a dog
means understanding
it is not a human.
Centuries of evolution
and survival
dependent on eyebrows.
Evoking emotion,
5mm of white
Scleria.
So flippin’ cute.
Okay, you can
sleep
on the bed.
By Elvisa Van Der Leden
Reflections at the end of the day
flickering flames magnetise my gaze
glowing embers dazzle and spark
given a draught, the blaze fires up
voracious fire-fingers grasp and devour
mercilessly
in such a way, some people consume
those around them
vaporising all air/energy
blazing bright, overshadowing them
reducing them to cinders
amorphous, nondescript
– no phoenix to arise from such ashes
By Helen Oliver
(published in Proverse, Mingled Voices 7, Hong Kong 2022)
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