Fox Footprints/Tears in the Night

4487590Fox Footprints — Tears in the NightElizabeth Jane Coatsworth
Tears in the Night
Utamaro
It is dusk,
Her lover is raising the great paper umbrella
Against the coming rain.
Her mouth is like a scarlet maple leaf
On snow.
Her hair is a cascade of black silk.
Why then should she weep with her face turned away?