Fools Feast
With a wall between them --
invisible to guests
their crafty smoke screen --
they set a feast for fools.
Nay, eat those words!
They sit like fools
and feast on thoughts
of vengeance. Morsels of new
meat tempt his hungry gaze,
while she lifts her focus on
the one in the shadows. He
has been fashioned in the eye
of a monocle, but she knows
not where his fancy lies -- so
she hazily considers his lips.
And the lute plays on.
MLydiaM ~ May 2011
This magpie was inspired by Banquet Scene with a Lute Player by Nicolas Tournier, 1625, the writing prompt this week at Magpie Tales. Tess Kincaid at Magpie Tales will be taking a well-deserved break on Memorial Day this coming Monday. I wish her a great extended weekend and am happy to have the extra time to read lots of other magpies.
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