KA Rees #33 - Vatical

Vatical

After Ern Malley

'People should not love

things that are bad for them'.

Nor should nighthawks

Hark on the wing

Of day's careless fallow.

The sundials continue

To caress the city’s furrowed brow,

As minestrone magic erupts

Into the laps 

Of the chattering classes.

Painters of the Old Quarter

Throw canvasses into rapids

Of swirling Niagara water.

We see the image

Topsy-turvy in its magic box

And on the cup of Aphrodite

The mockingbird circles

Counter clock wise.