A Girl Sings to Death
A girl in an orange dress climbs
the spreading cypress and sings.
She hangs like a spider monkey
and looks at things upside down.
A red-tail perched in the crown calls
to her mate on the bell tower cross.
Death has been saving an earthly
squirrel for the hawk‘s children.
Death has been saving a snake
for them, it has a rat in its belly.
The girl makes a place in her song
for the cries and the wind listens.
VioletBramble #poetrychallenge2019 for June. 5y
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