With labyrinthine grace

Not lacking pace

The human mind:

The snake devourer of the here

Makes shapes of what it likes

And doesn’t…

—-

The sum a palette: 

A well-stuffed wallet

‘Embrace, avoid or pass’

The money says

As hissing head explores in dread

A painting made by self

In which its power of choice

Is just a word… 

Come heart and flower

And give me back my soul

Freed of the past

And seen in shining brow

Like arrows of the now. 

—-

©️Copyright Stephen Tanham 2025.

Image by the author. Setas de Sevilla. Seville, Andalusia, Spain.

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