Endless Lawn IV
Alphonse Mucha’s Byzantine Heads
Here are two poems. They’re sisters.
Some Branches Reach Out I
Some branches reach out
with damp and tender fingers
only to touch your shoulder
and remind you through a subtle
lingering wetness
that they existed
and they touched you
and that is enough.
• • •
Some Branches Reach Out II
Some branches reach out
with barbs and bristling fingers
only to touch your shoulder
and remind you instantly that
your celerity,
that your careless haste,
causes you more pain
than calm reflection.
T. Evans, May 2021
