The fabulist of familiars
By Meg Smith
The bat shimmies along a tree limb,
and dreams nothing but moths
and a dark stream.
The owl checks its feathers,
and sings nothing but mice.
The snake undrapes its skin
like a lost marriage.
Only the cat comes forward,
in lynx eyes:
“I am your daughter.”
Meg Smith is a poet, journalist, dancer and events producer living in Lowell, Mass.
Her poems have appeared in The Cafe Review, The Offering, Astropoetica, Illumen, Dreams & Nightmares, the Dwarf Stars anthology of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Poetry Association and many more.
She is a past board member of Lowell Celebrates Kerouac! and produces the Edgar Allan Poe Show, honoring Poe's presence in Lowell, Mass.
She recently published a second book of poetry, Dear Deepest Ghost, available on Amazon.