Table dressings and undressings that didn't come off, so to speak. Here we have some novel metaphor by Jess Del Balzo in her work "What does one do with a butter swan anyway?" and Bonnie Enes in her poem "Hermaphrodite" which features some lush words about tabletop lilies. The page decor is a bit out of season but fall is rather blah this year so why not....
NOTE: The incomplete Bent Pin Archive is now found at
http://bentpinquarterly.blogspot.com but this particular month is not as yet online....
-- MM Walker