Magpie Tales Photo Prompt 82: Glory Days

adored




there were 
tropic days
in jungle white
I'd fashion
myself to 
prospects du jour,


and adored 
I'd walk 
the walks 
of what 
set cupidity
ablaze:


these ashen 
stains on 
collars and 
sleeves - 


tattered shades 
in love-making 
rooms - 


unveiled now 
but for the 
canvas smudge
of blanched
memory.


Poem ©2011 R. Burnett Baker 
Photo:  The Revenant, 1949, Andrew Wyeth
Photo courtesy of Tess Kincaid