Fay Slimm.

Applause

 

 

Applause.

 

Praise for the glory of all freckled things.

Mosaic shades in prismatic springs,
tree-bark when tessallated,
chess-board meadows
and shadow-chequered country lanes.

Applause for hued variegation on newts.

Red flushes in round-appled fruits,
white water-lily irridescence,
patterns on ducks
and tall striated bull-rushy grasses.

Hurray for a tabby cats\' motely patches.

Bumble-bees on harlequin flowers
buzzard wings, piebald ponies,
tortoise-shell snails and brindled cows,

Claps for pooled rings of liquid-oil stains.

Kaleidoscope streaks on goldfish faces, 
dog\'s couple-coats, fungus rings,   
speckles on quail eggs, colts\' spotty hides 
and rainy bubbles colouring glass.

Praise be for beauty in all dappled things.