After the illustration by Walter Crane
Moth-like, he circles her: an angel
incongruous on the tiger-skin rug,
her beauty too richly wrought
to lift. And yet he longs to lift
her hand, head, or the latch of her lips
– Magnificat of marigold, canticle
of candelabrum – and not to fright
at his reflection in her face, tracing
the patina that’s blossomed
to the blue of the tiger’s eye.
Alice Cattley, 17
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