On the Wall

On the wall standing Amidst the danger encroaching Mirrors the alligator’s razors Securely entrenched in mud waiting A boa slides into the deep... The seconds tick amicably. A table for two served yet again Another tango about to be untangled Periodic busts of water Jet from the sighing sea... A canoe capsizes In this noonday medley A suckling amidst the troubled current Heads gaily for the sea’s bed... Another scene, the serene sea Running a sapid gold hue Allows a fluttering dove above admiringly To the nonchalant glare In the distant horizon Of the setting sun. Afar the mongrels howl At grotesque elements from hade... Suddenly Andromeda hurtles through the sky In search of her Medusa-defeated lover Provoking Hercules into a riotous laughter As its echoes furious might does Atlantis in...