Ghazal

By Joshua Gage

The elves pay up quick when they lose by moonlight,
but the coins are a trick, only true by moonlight.

East of the Sun, West of the Moon
your lover will wander for you by moonlight.

The mother craved greens, so her husband set out
and stole from the garden where they grew by moonlight.

The guitarist slipped out to the crossroads at dark
where the top-hatted gambler taught him blues by moonlight.

They found the weaver alone by her loom,
her spider heart run through by moonlight.

The priest awoke to the kiss of his lover
and thus the succubus wooed by moonlight.

The angels swept down through the stained glass
sprinkling feathers on the pews by moonlight.

The Prophet must pilgrimage to win back his muse,
wearing down his iron shoes by moonlight