The Pianist's Final Flourish
Rustling herds of marching embers
ooze a masquerade of tickled trenches
in seething dominion,
torched waterfalls - nourished by zephyr
mastery, lurch languid in a godly
zeal of paradigm vanity,
sandcastle-shaped serpents
trigger spew a searing horizon
of tangled theaters in
screeching flower cages,
scalded in sodden shadow,
the swooping goose machine
scatters its crinkled chimes
in a sensory mist of
ragged tigers and skating
vulture dust,
the canvas hermit -
nurtured in chalice,
furtive in fountain,
splashed by ruby,
as the wilted maestro sits
in a solitude ceremony
of feathered ferocity -
the pianist's final flourish.
Stephen Philip Druce is a poet from Shrewsbury in the UK. He is published in the UK, the USA, Hungary, Ireland, India, Canada and South Africa. Stephen has also written for London theater plays and BBC Radio 4 Extra. Contact him on Instagram - @StephenPhilipDruce