Gisèle Elisse Magnin's Blog (2)

The forest was thick

with ribbons and stripes

of pinks and candy reds.…

     Do not cross that creaky log. I walked it once before. Though Everglades provide much shade along that yonder shore, do not cross that creaky log. I walked it once before.

     The crocodiles wink and smile, beneath that creaky log; and, vultures loom within that thick musty, rancid…