the dancer
(an ekphrastic poem, written to the photo below)
photo by Anita Erola
the dancer
look low in the window
the dancing skeleton
relieved to be freed
from a hard, poor life
stole newspapers
from the dump
cheapest firestarter
to be found
dragged them home
by her chair
to protect them
her favored possession
pen on the stool
she had so much to say
Ekphrasis, am I right? Interesting 🤨