visions of a rainforest
I.
Lime, fruit of fountains
oval vial of forest perfume
verdant egg of peeling armor
drained in sour rivers.
II.
Panda peering
cloud with coal eyes
paws clawing bamboo shoots
flutes in a white mind.
III.
Terrestrial tarantula
creeping crooked braids
swinging on the jaguar’s tail
eyeing the chittering marmoset.
IV.
Stout, grunting boar
bellowing blood of warfare
muscular, waddling root-grubber
brood of tusk horses
gargoyle of ground.
V.
Golden buzzing violins
dizzily diving bloom shepherds
pollen pirates, knights of nectar
zebra motes of honey dust.
VI.
Tired little gypsy
with her cloak of rainbows
cawing axe of horn
craning on the rubber tree
her pigment garment
fanning in fervent spears.
VII.
Under the green forest canopy
in the dark heart of the earth
roam these exotic visions of life
singing their mad, perfect song
in the last meadows of shadow.
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From The Opulence Of Invention. Copyright © 2018 E. P. Mattson, All Rights Reserved.
