Looking at a tree, he envisioned
Sawed lumber become a house.
He closed his eyes,
Saw a leaf and a bird.
What seemed bright, as dazzling
As Persephone' white gold hair
Before turning to grey decay by a god's theft,
Was found to be false, a wig of corn tassels.
Hades' discovered Persephone bald.
Even gods, like mortals, are self-deceived.
Duane Locke lives hermetically in Tampa, Florida near anhinga, gallinules, raccoons, and alligators.