From Writing Notebook 2021, published in 2022.
In the Album
suddenly
the scattered pieces
slide into place
form the image
unseemly
disturbing
ominous, even
but it catches the eye, doesn’t it?
that tall figure
in the neat blue suit
his shoes on fire
2/9/21
How intriguing. I like the way the poem concludes with such an unsettling and bewildering image.
Thank you. Perhaps the image was captured by chance at just the right moment…
I’m hoping the shoes were figuratively on fire…
I don’t know. We’ve heard of people hot footing it. Maybe. ??