Sunday, April 19, 2009

The houri

11 April 2009

eighty-five this year
she lights the twinkle
in her eye
with an alcohol infuser
forgoing meals
for the liquid gold
a duplicitous
foutain of youth
that transforms the harridan
into a houri

(c) Merlene Fawdry

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