Follies and Fancies
Gerald Zipper
She looks to see herself
absorbing her elegance through the glass
adoring the glorious plumage
more resplendent than the rest of us
He looked to see himself
the wisest of men
and intellect with bell-shaped thoughts
peering down from craggy peaks
She believed here was the gtandest passion of all
loving and being loved as none before
breathless from the thinness of her air
He posed with letters and lines
whirling through equations and parabolas
stunned by the complexity of his thoughts
but we long ago stopped playing these silly games
knowing how better to camouflage our foolish fancies
