Desist, a Ghazal
Shatter glass, spit out your bay, desist
Lustful dogs who bark and bay, desist
Cold as silver shadows list on stone
Sun’s last ray and heat of day desist
Oracles insist, and dead men know
Luck and fickle lovers may desist
Words upon the wind; I told you this
Take your magic, walk away, desist
Time to reap the harvest you have sown
Silence, let your mournful lay desist
Scry no more, lest death thy mirror kiss
Havoc, all the angels say, desist
Madness, this, to love by will alone
Yield the ghost, Felicia; pray desist!
© Gail Foster 2016
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