lief

blowsy and overgreen losing spring
color and other flexible
assets. sun's been gone too long.

aged film and exposure-
faith plays a flickering imax canopy.


gifted roses curdle and dry,
patchwork venetian blinded.

a single red bell lit thru
frosted glass. from the outside
it's a spot from a shotgun
from the inside, a bloom holding
the last of the fade.