Lamia Rosary
when her
life lengthened
and started
to drop
its withered
berries she
took a
long and
lusty series
of dark
lovers
fluttering
from one
to the
next like
a bird
that had
failed to
migrate
frantically
searching an
empty tree
for something
blood red
and sweet.
©2000 F.J. Bergmann"Lamia Rosary" appeared in West Wind Review 2004