No 1: PIXIE

PHOTO BY FAYE RAAD

SHELBY EDISON

Pixie, my darling,

look up from your sketchbook,

your pencils, your card decks.

Let’s gallivant –

it’s a wonderful day to gallivant.

Forget your drawings,

your cards, your symbolism.

Let’s go.

Pixie, my dear,

sitting at a drawing desk

crafting fools and lovers and devils.

Diligent, each stroke of your pen

with care, like the empress.

The deck; your child –

and you let her go

into the world.