Two lovers stand on the brink
A new contemporary addition to Le Jardin Poetry, from E.B. Johnson
of a knife’s edge — their daggers traced to hearts.
one hovers swaddled in a cloak of figs, while the
other lays quiet in a bouquet of wicked mustard.
a mirror to a glance and she disappears; a little
less unsuspecting in her dress of calico traumas.
swallowed up in paltriness the lavender bends to
her limelight. a gulp and a…