the snail that slides
across beveled glass
never suspected
the other
the object
of its gaze
was a reflection
instead it reflects
that the splendid
simulacrum
is a better snail
a luckier one
that dwells
in an alternate
world
of such sinister
sense
that each being
there
dines on tasty leaves
brandishes brave
shell of pink coral
and slogs
on sweet slime
that shines
silver
as it smooths
the roughest
road
About Me
- kwh
- is the author of four novels, "Vogel Flies South," "Vogel and the White Bull," "Cave Gossip, and "Grimoire of Stone: A Romance of Water;" and two books of poetry, "Petroglyphs," and "Sea-Snails on a Black Chow’s Tongue or, a Castaway’s Poems in a Bottle." He divides his time between Frankfurt am Main, Germany and Dallas, Texas. In 2009, his portal fantasy novel, "Okeanus," was a semi-finalist in the Amazon/Penguin Breakthrough novel contest. He is currently writing short stories set in an alternate history, code-named: La Ciudad, and working on a new series. The first novel, "The Grimoire of Stone," is finished and available from Amazon.com. His next novel "Attis Chapel" is a Heinleinian space opera with Lovecraftian motifs. Set in his La Ciudad series, it further develops the background begun in "Grimoire of Stone."