watch you go
cherry-red motor
dots that look painted on
no bigger than a fingertip
contact lens bonnet
millimetre-thin wires for legs
shuffle not scuttle
climbing the stem
before you open up
unfurl acetate wings
brisk flicker into
a speck against the sky
Apr 25, 2019
Apr 25, 2019 at 7:12 PM UTC
watch you go
cherry-red motor
dots that look painted on
no bigger than a fingertip
contact lens bonnet
millimetre-thin wires for legs
shuffle not scuttle
climbing the stem
before you open up
unfurl acetate wings
brisk flicker into
a speck against the sky
Written: April 2019.
Explanation: A simple poem written in my own time as part of Savannah Brown's escapril challenge. A link to my Facebook writing page can be found on my HP home page.
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