Suzette' s Swan

. the King’s Game protected by law but an aerodynamic l.a.w onto itself the swan’s landing approach an ungainly affair holding my b r e a t h in anticipation of an aborted landing much like a new LOVE affair: exhilarating but also apprehensive the g l i d i n g into familiar territory embracing the calm waters as its natural habitat lull a … in the relationship with nature and my emotional state e c h o e d spurred on by undetermined external forces that might have suggested a running l e a p— dreams take w i n g on blades that CLEAVE the a I r— bruised plumose memories long in the e x h a l i n g …