Thursday, April 18, 2019

THE MIDDLE OF THE WEEK


Tuesday is pale green, a lady
Whose great-grandfather was a tree,
A holm oak, who, under the name
Of Citizen Quercus Ilex
Traipsed through Regency England
With Herman, Fürst von Puckler-Muskau. 

Wednesday is a pied grey man, immensely strong
And full of learning but unreliable. 
Though a distant cousin of Aesred,
Goddess of his day, he insists
He believes in no gods nor in himself.

Thursday is tall and wealthy and rust-red.
It is for her sake the Lord of Knives 
Learned to sing and the Lord of Bone
Wanders forever, houseless and silent.

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