05-11-2019, 09:21 PM
Townhouse Conductor
edit2;
As if conducting silent symphony,
the master-vulture shifts, presiding from
a gleaming copper-glinting gable while below
well-off dog-walkers, never glancing up
(or down), ignore their eunuchs' leavings.
One block east a second buzzard
stands prepared to play her part,
dusky evening dress contrasting with
emerald illegal-tended lawns.
Still master-vulture perches, anthracite;
directs, anticipating townhouse coda
on a page much closer than
dog-walkers thoughtlessly believe.
Thanks to the new critics. In this edit I've tried to implement the advice, including @UB 's to turn up the alliteration. As to @knot's concerning sound effects, rather than try to recast the whole thing as choreography and dancing-master, I qualified the symphony as silent
- see how that works.
edit2;
As if conducting silent symphony,
the master-vulture shifts, presiding from
a gleaming copper-glinting gable while below
well-off dog-walkers, never glancing up
(or down), ignore their eunuchs' leavings.
One block east a second buzzard
stands prepared to play her part,
dusky evening dress contrasting with
emerald illegal-tended lawns.
Still master-vulture perches, anthracite;
directs, anticipating townhouse coda
on a page much closer than
dog-walkers thoughtlessly believe.
Thanks to the new critics. In this edit I've tried to implement the advice, including @UB 's to turn up the alliteration. As to @knot's concerning sound effects, rather than try to recast the whole thing as choreography and dancing-master, I qualified the symphony as silent
- see how that works.
Non-practicing atheist

