VICTORIA VALENTINE
       
  Victoria Valentine resides in the breathtaking Hudson Valley, New York, USA.  She is the founder & publisher of
  Skyline Arts & Entertainment Magazine, as well as an author, and a poet.  Her book, At The Stroke Of Midnight,
  24 tales of terror, is available on her online store: www.http://store.skylinemagazines.com
 

               Hunting With White Nails
	 
	Her nails are strong and white.
	She sips sarsaparilla from Doulton
	with a curled tongue,
	while a tasty breeze overrides
	Pacific tides
	lured by a slash in window dressings,
	nuzzling neat accordion tapestry
	in a mansion overlooking 
	green cliffs.
	She has settled for midday tea
	in his oversized drawing room.
	As she licks the tip of her finger
	flipping another page of the morning journal,
	she reads other people’s thoughts
	with critical curiosity;
	While a mutt in a ransacked house, downtown
	circles last month’s news, pacing
	for a place to leave his mark upon her article.
	Her Mastiff sniffs vaulted air,
	above even her head as
	she peels back another page of print and begins
	to search the want ads.
	 
	© 2002 Victoria Valentine