Piaf

LITTLE SPARROW
One grasps at love
in desperate leaps,
clinging to life like a barnacle
on a doomed vessel,
destination unknown.
From a ravaged body,
the defiant thrust
of one mighty voice
still pierces the airwaves.
La Môme Piaf
ne regrette rien.
--Annie Wyndham


--Collage courtesy of Vermont artist, Luis L. Tijerina--