“What Do you Hear”

by Alex Robinson

Aged smooth

Tall and loose —jointed

And quick

Lady Listen

Keen bright face

Bathing in the river

No shirt

Lady Listen

A young man's arm hang's

With an eye on the stranger

Lady Listen

Ruffed tail feathers

Hidden by a hedge of tupelos

New clothes

Something her smart sisters can't do

Ladies Listen

She turns and grins

Then in a flash

The bulb overhead

Blooms dark and

A medley of singing glass

Lady Listen