chances are the comets
of the past
are coming back
in new disguises
red slashing of the skies
tigers in the night
don’t be fooled
bright lights of
the forest
are deadly
not things of
awe and beauty
tigers wait
and deny
subtlety
the con is in
and the trees
are burning
Adrian Manning is a Pushcart nominated poet who lives and writes in Leicester, England. He is the author of a number of chapbooks including his latest “13 Poems From The Edge Of Extinction” (Crisis Chronicles Press).