Friday, July 10, 2020

Under the Surface in Fives and Sevens

The surface at evening is lovely and calm 
   


I.

The Idea of Mosquito


Soon the mosquito will come

Strumming its zither

Thirsting for mammal

Genetically traced

Out of the smoking forest.



II.

Fear of Fracking


Coffee and cognac

Easing the panic

Waiting for derecks to rise

Chainslap and nightflares

Too fewer wear red.



III.

Blade in the Tub


He wrote so cleanly

His was the broom and the pan

In the suicide parade

Following the elephants

With the tap open.