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Riddles three

By Thai Lynne
Spring 2022 | Poetry

Have you seen the moon tonight?

She is orange, fat, and riding low;

she whispers, and I listen

with careful tongue and seashell ears

and she rolls across the sky

lazy, decadent; gluttonous

for us to hear her secrets

and make our wishes upon her sister stars.

What would we wish for?

For something peeking out from behind

the clouds, a flirtatious wind

making love to our sails;

a dream inspired by paths not taken;

a forgotten attic, dusty boxes filled

with a special kind of regret,

the kind that smolders like a dying

campfire, with bats dancing overhead.

Can you hear the cricket song?

We slake our thirst on their symphony

and try to keep from going mad.

I always try to find the three stars of Orion’s belt

comforted that they have always been there

a sturdy bridge, crumbling bricks

with no troll beneath.

The moon smiles

as though she is keeping a delicious secret

and we will see a little less of her tomorrow.

Thai Lynne is working on her Bachelor of Arts degree in English. Her work has appeared at Borrowed Solace Magazine, Dodging the Rain, The Hunger Journal, Poetry South Magazine, Twist in Time Magazine, and Months to Years.org. She lives with her family in Nanaimo, BC, Canada, and loves karaoke.


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