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Thursday, March 08, 2012

IN FASHION

by Tom Lennox



on the runway of winter
fur was playful
its guard down
it never felt a thing
when we embraced it
drew it close to our
cold breast
taking its
breath away


Tom Lennox is the author of Aerial Acts, a book of poems from Words4Now Press. His poems have appeared in online journals, including Miriam’s Well. He has a poem, by invitation, in a forthcoming multimedia work by the artist Kevin Greeland. He lives in Sarasota, Florida.
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