Five Roses
Samara Seibel

In the shimmer of just-before-dark,
a flourmill sits on the edge of Montreal's harbor.
At the point where the Lachine Canal joins the Saint Lawrence River,
streetlight reflections pool around the corrugated metal bases of tall silos,
their heavy shadows rippling black water.
The mill's brick facade, dappled with patched and broken windows,
leans towards a chain-link fence separating mill yard from canal bank.
Fragments of traffic signals and high-beams get caught in the smoky glass,
shuddering and twisting like fresh-hatched spiders.
From the roof, a gray rose reaches into a navy blue sky.
In the afternoon, this flower's petals are hard, angular, closed.
But at night, the petals soften, the petasl open, on and off.
FARINE - Five Roses, blossoms red in the darkness.

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