fingers
eyelashes
a monkeys tail
chicken bones
an old stray cat in heat's calling out
spraying her sent on the patio steps
anagrams
palindromes
gods whispering
spelled in human blood
wind in the trees
celestial
ancestral
nurturing violence
rotten fruit
fresh dog shit
a walking cane
sunglasses
concrete and steel
cell phones and juries
secrets kept in requiem
nature standing helplessly
the artificial blanketing what's real
and so it is with each breath
each step
each bullet created, loaded, and shot
we die a little more
and bring the world closer to its knees
