the v of them wind
a chevron claw
zigzag bird
against wind a
meander column
bilateral comb
forked tail axe
lozenge V
circles then
in hoop
egg or spiral
checker pattern
board
shape
From The Iovis Trilogy: Colors in the Mechanism of Concealment, Section XXII, "Tears Streak the Reddest Rouge." Copyright © 2011 by Anne Waldman. Used with permission of Coffee House Press, www.coffeehousepress.com.