Hunger Artist by Maria Tabor


He stands in black
silhouette against
sliding
glass doors.
The rose on the balcony
is his right hand.
Lips suck cigarette,
exhales like a cat
with all the ennui
of a lion asleep.
A murmur 
in the frost
as she opens the door,
a moment 
in a woman in softness. 

Maria Garcia Tabor