Pirouette

 

 

It's a dull today sharp shadows are ephemerate   

Humidity’s high with unconcerned oppression 

Temperature has chosen to fight above its weight

The Thermidex inflated like a hucksters come on 

 

Tar melts leaves wilt changes of a sodden style

My glance at her back is slowed by wet wool air

She has no right to look so fresh so crisply agile

Her hair her dress her gait it’s somehow so unfair

 

She bounces with boundless effortlessness

While I sit here breathless in drenching sweat

Unaffected she runs and grins while I express

My grandfather awe at her Pirouette





Poetry by josephus The PoetBay support member heart!
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Written on 2021-07-16 at 00:47

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Lawrence Beck The PoetBay support member heart!
Well said. Grandkids are like that, aren't they?
2021-07-16



Joe, there's joy in the language, and in the scene described. A pleasure to read!
2021-07-16


Michael R. Burch
Another good poem in your unique style. My favorites were lines 6-8, which I thought were superb.
2021-07-16