Scene is the top
of a jigsaw puzzle box;
blazing fall colors with blurs
of reflections on lake.
Wooden cabin settled
near water’s edge begins
rejoining picture
since no sky gives
predominate blue
to sort through.
Shape, color miniaturizes
total picture into riddle
of how to eat an elephant.
One piece at a time
fills the table
until all holes
patch together like street
damage joined
into linked whole.
About the Poet
Diane Webster grew up in Eastern Oregon before she moved to Colorado. She enjoys drives in the mountains to view all the wildlife and scenery and takes amateur photographs. Her work has appeared in “Twisted Cheese Literary Magazine,” “Eunoia Review,” “North Dakota Quarterly,” and other literary magazines.
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