Poetry Friday: Frozen Laugh

This is the fellow that greets those that enter my brother's Shinobi Dojo. So many contrasting elements!

Frozen Laugh

Your frozen laugh
winks gold
between black strands
that sway
in the breeze of my passing.
Your laugh
bubbles red
when I glance back
over
my shoulder.

Lorie Ann Grover, 2009

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