Forest Poem by Philippe Beck

Little girl in red is loved by people
who see her.
Fiery velvet is a family
gift.
She wears fire only.
Soft fire.
She advances.
In schoolbook prose.
G. forgets a forest
scene to honour
Seniority.
Family commands
the moral prose.
Family members punctuate
a social sentence.
Red goes direct and alone.
Light. On the poetry of the world.
Towards Seniority in the bed.
The hot scene ahead.
There are flowers, in corners.
She is not afraid.
Red sees the sun rays dance
in the branches.
Ribbons regularly floated.
Petals shining on all sides.
Wolf has shown the beauty
of the scene.
He goes straight to the house at the end.
And gets dressed in the nightie.
Waits for the young
tender, after Seniority.
Girl goes from flower to flower in red.
She has a bouquet for Seniority.
And butter.
She gets there.
The eyes of Benightied Beast are big.
Ears, hands and mouth are awesome
also.
He is in bed.
Family replacement.
Who is trembling?
He gobbles up the fire girl.
Then, hunter cuts up Wolf
with scissors. Or with winged knives.
Hunter who musics.
Two women come out.
Riding Hood puts stones in the belly
of Beast.
Sealing sleep.
Wolf is Closed Head.
He gets straight up
on waking.
He falls straight into stone.
Closed earth flower.


after ‘Little Red Riding Hood'