Rubicund Mummeries
mummeries cast brightly upon lavender sidewalks
and harlequins dance in the marigold shade
fulgent silence cascading in rubicund phlox
and charlatans prance in such thin masquerade
spoonbills chattering in the musky swamps
a smattering of prattling belying summery taunts
losing their wetlands, slowing their romps
hastening, chastening, their silvery bonks
| Contributors: | Jeffrey Combs, Francine, JC, Kansas Sam, Nym. |
| Poem finished: | 25th July 2003. |