Tezcatlipoca

Reading Grimm's after dark

An exercise in speaking to paper tigers

That papier-mǎché mouth

It wants to roar

But one can only hear flutter of pages

Eyes tired, bursting with ink

Look to the cat on the sill

A wonder she is not blotted

By that smoking mirror

Wishing to caress her

Oh, to be a Coatlicue

With the most wonderful skull

Alas, she always protests

Written by Janette B on September 28, 2022. FUCK COPYRIGHT!