Snapdragons

Snapdragons (edit) One is a serpent on the wing, the other a butterfly. Each belongs to species created from tissue paper, water, and light. When half-awake I can hear the droning of their nocturnal flights, amber engines rattle cut-glass hangers as they lift off to carpet bomb our dreams. Some are more wolf than dragon, they form packs of loup-garou, and snap at the heavy-handed and too fleshy fingered florists. Those not employed in directing disbelievers toward dragon lore retire to flower as urban myths, their chiffon wings and origami faces masking many a peppery passion.