#8. Saints and sinners.


A Painting



You let your guard down
Didn't see the hunter's orange vest
Or didn't care
Can the mute speak?
Still you run through the woods
You should be dead
A stag with the face of a woman
countenance as mysterious as the Mona Lisa's
Run, deer, run
As if the plague were after you
As if followed by Roman soldiers
Aching to martyr.



April 8, 2008

© Anne Westlund




Poetry by Anne Westlund
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Written on 2008-04-09 at 07:54

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Rob Graber
I find this very rich and provocative, especially the deeply allusive final lines.
2008-04-09