HARD AWASH IN A FOG
Thick cotton swabs
the mind white
gone soft too
too many harsh black
to hold water
just right for you.
ALARUMS
Cocky insouciant plump
roosters ring in
false down like clockwork
learn crepuscular jackals
in thicket clear throats
cry out in unison
same bloody refrain
drones through vale
of death daily
again and again.
SUPPLICANTS IN THE GARDEN OF EDEN
Once you were merely two
blithe creatures who thought
how happy they were before
the fact without bothering
the gods for the explanation;
losing your grip, now you're
but two creatures who know
there is no explanation.
(Parenthesis)
Such is the lot
of the lowly
sloth that hangs
on high from branches back
downward and fall fast
asleep, feeding on nothing
but fruits and leaves.
