Tuesday, May 12, 2020

Bones


Owl on the doorstep
neat as a pin;
say the right word
and she'll let you in.

Hollow is the heart
that has left love out;
but if it tries to fool you
smack it on the snout.

Witches in the meadow
beckon us to follow.
wolves are a-wilding
down in the hollow.

Bones so brittle;
bones that are hollow-
suck out the marrow;
try not to swallow.

Crooked witchy fingers,
hollow as a bone;
if she points one at you,
you have to take her home.







3 comments:

  1. Oh Sherry love your old woman incantations. They made me grin, and yet I could identify with each of them. Wonderful writing...

    Elizabeth

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  2. I love this. Love the rhyming and the imaginative flow.

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