Vermilion - Molly McGlennen

[Larry Robinson]

Vermilion
The red eye 
of a loon
for vision,
depths of water 
who can say 
what will pass 
as, protection
reeds 
edges of place
are only
temporary,
circling 
filters the blues
and greens
as they have 
always done 
dives for minutes
crayfish, light re-
fracted, what could be
slowed 
just enough 
to catch a meal
or your eye,
indelible flash,  
a crimson ribbon
ablaze, crossing 
the lake
where you stand  
watching 
just then
with the grasses
from shore.

	- Molly McGlennen
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