September 27, 2006
Wanted: Raven
Takes the turns too hard
reckless flights of fancy
blows the corners,
garbage dump terrorism
bad black feathers rising
with no respect for scarecrow
peck his phony heart out boys
and she would sit with him
if he would stay still on the wire
if he'd just hold the pattern
bring home the worms
stop drinking from the rain gutters
getting way too high up there during lightning storms
with the outlaw caw
crying how he hates the baths, the south
smashed pumpkins ala carte road kill
one day the poison will get him
as they gather at the roost
she'll miss him then
trouble's dark ravenous voice
singing
"peck his phony heart out boys" makes me laugh; he's such a bowery boy. and "trouble's dark ravenous voice"--a very fine thing. (a guess: she missed him all along, still looks to the sky.)
Posted by: e. at January 31, 2007 3:14 PM