Like a banner twisted
upward
in a violent wind
the carcass
of a cypress
unleaved
by lightening.
Gone the fragrant
sap
that used to seep
from knotty
breasts.
Gone the blue-grey
bark.
A skinless thigh now.
Lean ribbons of smooth
muscle now.
A fossil out of doors
before a
sandstone sky
and you.
Prometheus Unbound 