Leaping & striding
comes a passing chaos
of ashen men,
adorned in chalks
of blue & grey,
glorious in cloth
of red & gold,
with a tiger-skin
glimpsed rippling
upon shoulders bare,
& as royalty
perched atop elephants,
beasts lumbering & bedecked,
ancient people
their mouths to shell & trumpet,
to announce
the moment
this late
afternoon.
Apr 5, 2017
Apr 5, 2017 at 11:10 PM UTC
Leaping & striding
comes a passing chaos
of ashen men,
adorned in chalks
of blue & grey,
glorious in cloth
of red & gold,
with a tiger-skin
glimpsed rippling
upon shoulders bare,
& as royalty
perched atop elephants,
beasts lumbering & bedecked,
ancient people
their mouths to shell & trumpet,
to announce
the moment
this late
afternoon.
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