Late Evening Mistress

An alluring portrait of the nighttime. Golden Scroll Honorable Mention Award, April 2014

                   "Late Evening Mistress"


Late evening Mistress,
donned with a gold cameo-moon pendant
linked to diamond studded stars
casually draped over an ebony-blue
silk nightshirt,
slow danced to woodland songs
and whispers in the breeze.

Her pine tree perfume teased mountain peaks.
Vain glances revealed dazzling reflections
off a watery mirror below.

A loon's eerie appeal interrupted
that proud moment.
Then, a whippoorwill's reply
sparked a jazz duo concert.

On cue, and sashaying in tune,
Mistress continued her performance,
fading into dawn's misty-smoked room
of the night's sky.


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