Open Studio Poem #17

Mary F. C. PrattCheerful

Fairies shelter behind the disco ball hung in the portal to the kingdom of odd. After sunset, they emerge lickety-split, and all night they dance through the city, their magenta wings flashing splendid in the lights of streets, and traffic, and stars.

Words: disco, lickety-split, splendid, magenta

Mary F. C. Pratt

SourceLicence:CC BY-SA 3.0

Mood:: Cheerful
Topics:: night, city, fairy

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Fairies hide inside a disco ball during the day, and when darkness falls they burst out to dance across the city. That's the whole story, and it's told with a light touch.

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