Have you seen the skies?
Almond slivers
and apricot strokes.
Porcelain bats swoon
at the nape of bare wrists,
suspending the flares
with crescents shaped
like fingernails.
The silhouettes of
grapevine limbs
purr at hollow webs.
But there are rings
around the moon
and frost is coming.

 Photo Credit: Duy Huynh