Much Too Close
with her eyes down
to her beak delicately
outlined by iridescent
tinges of pale purple,
up close, the white dove
is such a lovely sight;
snuggling in her wings
are her day-old chicks
looking like white clumps
of fine-weather cumulus
that have floated too low
and settled in the nest;
nearby, a python coiled
motionless, camouflaged,
fangs poised to strike,
but up close, a caravan
of red ants stream out
of its rotting eye socket !
Copyright © Romeo Naces | Year Posted 2007
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