Trismegistus
Leonard Colton Burton
“Fence Lizard (Sceloporus undulatus)” C.R. Catalano
Wild beyond wit.
Fantastic in every way.
Knowledgeable about those old arcane things,
an alchemist in this modern day.
True, you’ve bested the rest
and kept under wraps,
what it was you did to their egos,
sensibilities and desires to impress.
When you speak words ring true,
like they’re handed down from a higher force
that you alone can commune with,
a divinity all your own sort.
It’s not like that surprises me,
your gift of the god within.
You appear to me as an angel
or some sort of ancient djinn.
And I think back to that time you showed me
how to bottle and brew,
the flagrant, fragrant essence
of early morning dew.
“Glacier Days”
Cassidy Smith
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