Slinky

Do you know someone like this?

The shadows wait for you,
and you slip gracefully through.
You’re so slinky that other girls
mimic your moves.

They shift and shimmy
within their outlines,
trying on poses
to find their groove.

Slinky, you find doors
that didn’t exist,
unrolling the world as you go,
and the wind brings gossip to you.

Echoes of your laugh
lilt and linger
in the corridors of power
and promises start to come true.

Ibis in the twilight

They connect me to the world,
These ibis out my window
shining white in the twilight.