by Mary E. Lowd
Written on Twitter for Threads, 12/21/2023
In a glade
As in a dream
Ice encrusted trees
Like columns, o’er a meeting rise
Of an otter queen
& mythic being
Imagine their conversation:
One might surmise
It must be weighty
—treaties & pacts
Diplomacy enacted—
But no—
‘Tis light
A mere dandelion down of pleasant
Fripperies