Really!

Ermine runs in snow

(so white-on-white!)

tail an exclamation, straight up,

black dot upside-down on top!

Queen in robes,

she leaps in moonlight

(I have seen her do it!)

wishing to wed a star!

In summer, she's brown,

two dull mice length-wise

(Cinderella! Silly girl! Dreamer!)

but with her magic wand, gifted

with the body-wisdom

of transformation!

© Tamara Rasmussen 2018