occupancy ensues as full-blown desire
hot-yellow passion, lit from within
liquid gold pours from long slender throats
overflow from springs wine cellar
drunken heads bob and bounce
giddy in their innocence
seemingly indefatigable
insouciant unfettered
without warning, one by one
fragile tenure ends
as alpha saffron fades
to snowy-haired omega
wisps plucked from former glory
beheaded by fickle summer draughts
their sad remains float above the ground
their revenge, a new tenancy below