Earth-Toned Beret
A filet of a man
I stand tall
Eiffel Tower of Pisa

An artist’s pose
Stabilizing my surroundings
Strumming cafés
I pay my way

Caressing coffee grinds
Among cool-hued confidants,
Indigo informants
I Hula dance with the sun

Crawl along the horizon
As a sunset stripteases
Pen requesting a lapdance

Serpent Shadows belly-dance with
Spinning Silhouettes, Adobe princesses,
Persian Acrobats,
I receive robes of Canvas

It rains acid kaleidoscope paint
Masterpiece imprisons
Convicts of Beauty

Fugitives of Faith
Thieves of Theology
Vandals of Love
I trace the Sistine Chapel

Reverse the trail of a Moroccan Hun
From his Fumanchu to fetal fights
Snowy peaks greet warm wanderers

Carnal Carnival cruises
French Fire-Breathers
Maui Mimes Mimic Me
I break the imagined box

I don Lucipher’s mustache
Adjust my Earth-Toned Beret…and…
Enjoy My Station as Fantasy’s Vagabond