she is made of shine
but her growl is loud,
a small creature of conundrum,
tiptoeing paradox
who constantly teaches
the rest of us patience.
young and rising up, she loves
to wear clothes almost as much
as she does to be bare,
loves to preen and pose
for photographs.
in this darkened space, she
is luminescent, strangely
human and always curious.
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The Poet: JD DeHart is the author of The Truth About Snails, a chapbook. His main blog is jddehart.blogspot.com and he is a staff writer for Verse-Virtual.
The Photographer: Eric Hanna is a philosophy teacher from central Canada. He informs us that his poetic influences include JRR Tolkien and Tom Waits. In his free time he enjoys writing, especially about himself in the third person.
