It's Still Life

Plucking at Another Daisy

That curiously shrill voice.
A peacock
pulling long, nervous fingers.

She was reckless.
So reckless. After all that
hissing tragic whisper.
And laughing at

beginning; the best ending.

        Plucking
        another
        daisy.

Source: “The Picture of Dorian Gray”, by Oscar Wilde. Gutenberg Project, Release Date: October 1, 2008 [EBook #26740] http://www.gutenberg.org/files/26740/26740-h/26740-h.htm written for Poets & Storytellers United: “Looking back” and I chose the Found Poetry prompt using the redacted method. Shared with @Experimentsinfc #APoemADay on Twitter   © Misky 2020