Gothic Bat Glass Christmas Ornament gads-hw and a cracked crescent moon

and a cracked crescent moon hangs just past her face

silver through the belly and edged with copper acanthus curls that spill off both horns

The sky behind the branches is amber and heavy

on the other snow-loaded pines against clear blue

tail sweeping around in front of its paws in one long curl

Gothic Bat Glass Christmas Ornament gads-hw and a cracked crescent moonBlack gems drip from the wings. A bat hangs beneath a small lantern chain, wings spread wide and worked entirely in dark metal scrollwork curls, spirals and pierced panels instead of plain membrane. Faceted black teardrops dangle from the lower edge of each wing and from the body, six or seven in all. Behind sits a moonlit wood in teal and lime, the full moon directly behind the bat's head, pale trunks either side. That metalwork is printed onto the