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Picture-Prompt Writing Challenge!
Improvement
by Angela Yuriko Smith
She descended to see
the disorderly ravens at play
and vowed to improve them.
Her purity—
all white and starlight—
contrasted starkly
against the sharp chaos
of inky, ruffled wing.
She resolved
to homogenize
expecting gratitude
and servitude
for her grace.
But ravens are not impressed
by manners and fancy dress
and they regarded her
with beady eyes
that calculated her weight
by the beakful.
Oblivious…
she sang in heavenly tones—
dulcet vibrations meant
to inspire adoration
incline toward organization
and subdue.
But ravens are not impressed
by pretty notes and silken tress.
They pecked away at her
noble cause and found
her company to be a treat.
They resolved
to free her
of perfumed flesh
good intentions
and false obligations.
Her raw bones—
bleeding and honest—
contrasted starkly
against the feigned perfection
of her previous eternity.
She ascended to see
the orderly angels dismayed
and vowed to improve them.
Fiction © Copyright Angela Yuriko Smith
Image courtesy of Pixabay.com
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I really like this one, Angela! Hope you submit it to a good market!