a quick drink

[ellyssian]

a quick drink
July 17, 2005

swallowtail
swooping down
sipping rainwater
fallen
between blades of grass
head over heels,
or antenna over tail,
wings spread wide,
first showing one side
then the other;
dipping down for a drink
before the sun banishes it
or the leaves of grass sip it,
fluttering, then flying away
as the cicadas begin to sing

Copyright (c) 2005 Everett Ambrose Warren