Spinning

photo by Francesca Woodman

For Magpie Tales

Spinning spinning spinning

i sway to the fierce music

witness the not guilty

look for the mossy soul that weeps

dancing not for praise

but for disappearing

with no woe and a glint in my eye

i dance for going

to enter the light 

to seek the hushed place

for my soul to shine

Spinning spinning spinning

For Sunday's Whirligig

She Ain't Alice

photo by Elaine Usdin

For Magpie Tales:  The Mag

She Ain't Alice

That's plain to see

The rabbit's dead

Too stiff to live

At the top her lips of teal

What did the artist intend to say?

Hold a rabbit far away?

A box in a box? Far too crude

Or could it be my perception's screwed?

Floating

PHOTO BY TONI FRISSELL
FOR MAGPIE TALES

Floating through life's murky waters praying for a bit of air to breathe.

Magpie Tales