Sumac Night
Through Sumac's pointed fingers she watched orions belt flicker in the dark.
Reaching between fronds she felt her lover shudder as shooting stars tracked across the sky.
Gerry Stewart
SourceLicence:CC BY-ND 4.0
Through Sumac's pointed fingers she watched orions belt flicker in the dark.
Reaching between fronds she felt her lover shudder as shooting stars tracked across the sky.
In a dark, leafy spot, a woman looks up through the pointed leaves of a sumac and sees Orion’s belt flickering in the night. The scene then turns intimate: she reaches between the fronds and touches her lover, who shudders just as shooting stars streak across the sky.
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