Not a Sign of Spring

Not a Sign of Spring 

in a good humor
under candlelight
in his study
Wyatt unlocked an oak
box and showed us
two white human skulls
     cushioned
in red velvet

in the same spirit
with which he
enjoyed Laphroaig
     alone
in his estate
on Lake Charm
he expired from cancer
a tumor in his brain

a fountain of light