handfuls of air

foggy transfiguration

animal kingdom sensation

swamp water stillness

she is an illness

owls leering yellow envy

slicing pupils peer through fog

bullfrog maws fill with awe

the princess has arrived

but with a liquid drop she's gone

elusive lucifer loose her

caress fern dress

bare feet on loose dirt

dark hair curls like tendrils

embers slow burn her turn

lost in the churning world

rotten logs bogs and tree frogs

offer soggy applause

blood red slippers

step past slithering lizards

through birds that swoop and peck

pale piercing shoulders

herds of fur heads turn

in her direction

she is an infection