Shed No Tears, Fond Unicorn (Final Version) Poem by Mary Angela Douglas

(with ref. to the 'a mon seul desir' Lady with The Unicorn medieval tapestry at the Cluny Museum in Paris i only saw in a book, but nevertheless, cherish)

shed no tears, fond Unicorn

golden are the tapestries, still,
I leave you to inhabit, shyly on these

museum walls,
in rooms with gilded conversations
guided tours-

beyond burgundy ropes of velvet
graze on, continually - with good will.

your hoof in my hand:
I hope you'll be discreet
munching the shadows of

departing guests
only a little
and the pastel mints at party's end.

Be brave, always.

I'm braiding my primrose stories
just for You
and the farther fields of honour.

mary angela douglas 30 may; 1 june 2010