Lost and Found

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Lost and Found

Serendipitous sewer rats
Gnawing at small bones

Sanctimonious followers
Can you hear their moans?

Synchronous dancers
Move at a steady pace

Surrealistic paintings
Can you see the face?

[Mule]

I’m not so sure I’m a fan of using two questions in such a short work.  It seems a little burdensome without more to go on.

That said, I like the trochaic form.  (I would be inclined to place the word “move” in the 3rd stanza, up to the previous line, in order to swap a syllable and preserve the poem’s accentual flow--probably something like, ‘synchronous moving dancers,’ so “move“ doesn‘t inadvertently appear as a verb, which it would if you just tacked on to the end.)

I also like what the poem leaves out.  That omission makes the title an integral part of the poem, and, questions or no questions, makes a reader delve for meaning.

Nice,

Mule