Five Poems Catherine Daly Chameleon Color Mirrors make rooms cold and close, not large. Swans shaped from cut crystals are displayed on mirrors in kiosks in the mall. Filled valleys become lakes. Water's color is confusing where it's clear as glass or purity.
Lakes are about edges, orifices.
Explorers sought river sources to gain the soil they drained. Seaplanes use the lake as a landing strip. The pines are like swans. One way is to clear the mirror, feather dusting kitsch and clutter. There are many ways.