TIGER DRINKING AT FOREST POOL by Ruth Padel
Water, moonlight, danger, dream. Bronze urn, angled on a tree root: one Slash of light, then gone. A red moon Seen through clouds, or almost seen.
Treasure found but lost, flirting between The worlds of lost and found. An unjust law Repealed, a wish come true, a lifelong Sadness healed. Haven, in the mind,
To anyone hurt by littleness. A prayer For the moment, saved; treachery forgiven. Flame of the crackle-glaze tangle, amber Reflected in grey milk-jade. An old song Remembered, long debt paid. A painting on silk, which may fade.
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