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
Katie,
ReplyDeleteHappy to see that someone else appreciates red pandas.
(Well, they're not really pandas... or cats... but they certainly are a lovely flame-red.)