Landscape with Accordion

Will Simescu

Crenellated cloud structures,
mustard-yellow bluffs, a cypress warped
by wind and perspective.
The accordion sits by the shore.

A flock of birds ascends,
black smudges flying.
The accordion ladles water
from a wooden pail.

A man on a ladder hauls down Christ
like a bundle of bricks. His face is as pale
as accordion keys.

The accordion is as big
as an amphitheater or lagoon.
Asked by passersby for a tune,
the accordion obliges.