red pandas laze in pink-pine trees
among inhabited bird houses
unpainted and weather worn
they were put up in bunches
ripe strawberries hatch from their roots
surrounding a calm, circular pond
where grey dirt turns to mud
and sticks to shoes like paste
you'll see a red and golden pagoda
floating aimlessly over the water
waiting patiently to be mounted
by bold visitors to this sacred place
1 comment:
Katie,
Happy to see that someone else appreciates red pandas.
(Well, they're not really pandas... or cats... but they certainly are a lovely flame-red.)
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