SurVision Magazine / G.H. Mosson

Death of a Harlequin

           after Picasso

On a bed of fading blue, I watch you
            smile into a carcass
                        with steepled hands.

Will minstrels cry from the clouds?
            Will jugglers on the moon
                        fling confetti as you exhale by?

Did you breathe your mismatch
            of colors into us
                        for more contagious giggles?

They say, close the curtain. We say,
            we're here. Through the lighthouse
                        of our hearts, your jig keeps time.

G.H. Mosson lives in Maryland, USA. He is the author of Family Snapshot as a Poem in Time (FLP 2019) and four other books of poetry. His poetry has appeared in The Tampa Review, The Evening Street Review, Smartish Pace, The Hollins Critic, etc.

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An international online magazine that publishes Surrealist poetry in English. Issue Fifteen G.H. MOSSON Death of a Harlequin after Picasso On a bed of fading blue, I watch you smile into a carcass with steepled hands. Will minstrels cry from the clouds? Will jugglers on the moon fling confetti as you exhale by? Did you breathe your mismatch of colors into us for more contagious giggles? They say, close the curtain. We say, we're here. Through the lighthouse of our hearts, your jig keeps time. G.H. Mosson lives in Maryland, USA. He is the author of Family Snapshot as a Poem in Time (FLP 2019) and four other books of poetry. His poetry has appeared in The Tampa Review, The Evening Street Review, Smartish Pace, The Hollins Critic, etc.
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