Flapping Slingbacks

" Flapping Slingbacks "

by Suzán Jiván

for Stanislaus Dubowski

Not with dollars
slings, arrows
nor self-pity
pale pink nails
spin and leap
in a featured
agreement
of flashing rings
and flapping
slingbacks
from among
the young
well-weathered
yet still energetic
copperheads.