The Green Tricycle: Issue #4: Time: Annette Marie Hyder

Issue 4:
Time
Annette Marie Hyder

Chronos Is Coming

Take down the mirrors
every one
from their officious clairvoyant
positions.

Lower my chemise length skirts
like blinds.
Let them brush the ground
sway when I walk
need to be lifted
to climb the stairs.

Empty out all the bottles,
atomizers, flasks.
Let each smell be its own,
no more spells to cast.

Make a fire
of the many books
whose bindings chant of glamor.
See their pages of promises
flame sans fruition
as their hold
goes up in smoke.

Let Chronos know
his coming is most
unwelcome.

~Annette Marie Hyder

Annette's publishing credits in print and online are extensive and include magazine articles and short stories as well as poetry. Email.