Peacock

Proud
As a peacock
A face
With four eyes
Not hands
Like a clock

Burnished
Irredescent hue
Crimson
Blood red flowing
Those eyes
Staring at you

Edging
Tiger's etched stripes
Relaxed
Body fur bristles
Antennae
Pin thin pipes

Carnelian
In gold mount
Probosis
Curled as young fern
Perfection
Impossible to discount

Peacock
Proud on its strut
Champion
Four eyes gleaming
Spectacle?
Oh so perfectly put!


Terry Rhiannyr
September, 2012