Reptiles

A tranquil lake’s blue flowers
Are reflected in the dreamy water
You dream of an elsewhere that would be nigh
You project a sudden future

 

A fantastic color hides
In the depths of the horizon
Pink-colored

 

Mortuary fortune resigns
To the shade of abrupt plane trees
Like a shut lock

 

The superabundance of deceitful
Appearances
Stabs your conscience

 

You can dream a long time yet
Disquiet eats away your susceptibility
At your wrist coils
A real viper

 

Paul Novis