Oh, I have such a problem with upside-down things. The roman numerals are reversed. But the job is done. Drawing by the author.

Inktober 2021

Cards of Lost Power

A poem for the prompt “stuck”

I used to read tarot cards, working out problems
with the art students. They feared Death and The Fool,
but never realized they should have avoided The Empress reversed,
representing a block, or The Nine of Swords showing what is being held
back or, upside down, those internal spirals you cannot escape.
We laughed at the ridiculous…