Dec 13, 2016 Free Verse, Original Poetry
Jester in Repose
(Hanging at My Kitchen Window)
©December 13th, 2016
By Vijaya Sundaram
(Hanging at My Kitchen Window)
©December 13th, 2016
By Vijaya Sundaram
A boy in a jester’s suit lies sleeping,
Chin in his frilled collar,
His three-belled court-jester hat
Curving over his dreaming face.
Curved upon a yellow-sickle-moon,
He folds one arm onto his chest –
The other arm slides away from shoulder,
Hanging down, sliding Earthwards.
His arm leads to a little hand
Holding a little golden bell,
That’s forever poised to ring
“Wake up!”
But it stays silent,
Until I give it a shake.
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