Two lovers stand on the brink

A new contemporary addition to Le Jardin Poetry, from E.B. Johnson

Photo by Mihail Ribkin on Unsplash

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…