T told me: “Crows are smart” then “You’re a different person from when you walked in here, your posture, the … More
Category: fauna
Mercy. Road. Thrill.
What is: Kill
Song to The CrowKeeper
The lick at tattoo The kiss of scar at the bevel-edge of the dolphin’s side The pain the kiss the … More
Sparrow at the bullfight
Sparrow at the bullfight: On that blade, Dragonfly, Alight
Elephant, arise
elephant, arise laugh, die in the full blast of your hyena sunrise
Sevilla: The elephant he come for the bull
The elephant he come for the bull the nod of heads, the “ Okay, my friend … “ the trunk … More
Elephant, walk on by
elephant, listen for the change follow watchfully behind bury your dead gather sticks walk on by her bowerbird grave
Just a elephant doing elephant things
salmon shall run no more bears shall sit their haunches eddies shall pass them by they shall fish no more … More
Crow decides, Crane rues
Crow makes a decision Crane rues his folly Crow, ”I shall land … there.” Crane, “Had I only … “ … More
Of crows the left-behind
This winter sees the bitternings of crows the left-behind of crows unsuited for flight of crows ill-equipped for animosity of … More
That breach dolphin
that breach dolphin, navy-grey, chose her final exhale into the ship’s screw, the whale
How do we, dolphin, kill him, shark?
How do we, dolphin, kill him, shark? How do we, eel kill her, urchin? How do we, bee, kill him, bird?
Our son took wing without a prayer
Last night When the moon reeled When the gulfstream veered: Off the white cliff Took wordless wing Our son, sans … More
She aborted, I yielded
Imperative Summer with Sadie, College Park, Maryland, 1998 Dance with dog sisters in the sky, Fireflies and flickering stars, You … More
We are fine grasshoppers
We are a fine pair of grasshoppers, a-clutch the Craning, like us, Stalk Down the south branch Speargrass takes his … More
Cicada, Corrida: at the fight, not fuck
Cicada, Corrida This just in: your reporter Kermit The Frog dateline: Columbia poolside: Like any, every, cock-blocked, Sriracha-sodden troubadour at … More
Young lieutenants at End-Evening-Nautical-Twilight
180 miles east of Los Angeles’ pointless summers ran shaven, heady, lieutenants low-spark’d, high-heel’d, bat-faced wayward boys, they counted coup … More
This was the worst victory
At the 3 cuchillo strikes it take to put him down down This was the worst death, the worst fight, … More
This bull take the thunder over his knee
Bull feel the sword hit bone “Take your little boy bag and go home” Bull feel lightning spark “he take … More
Sharia, Baklava
Sharia-to-go: All the justice she can affordAll the mercy afforded her the lash Render unto herThe exhaust, the cataract of … More
Upon my friend encountering his first raptor
Like any discerning peregrine Your handsome hooded friend bore well away from the black-holes of carrion-crows Your condor sailed not … More
Vampyra holler-hawks hand-jobs at the horse-race hoe-down
Vampyra holler-hawks handjobs Like them Pabst Blue Ribbon jerks To them underage Cracker Jack kids Still in hock to their hands Through … More
Vampyra drinks dangerous tea
Gargantua vampyra Rubs the femoral-vein Of her shrapnel side of beef Lolls That city-block Slab o’ tongue Over the icy … More
Insensible their overgrown hooves
Dessicated, Cheerleaders Shod in spikes Insensible, Their hypertensive hooves
April lost her mind, 3 birds dead, raining
This April rain foetus birds on our front porch Poorly-inflated balloons Their fledgling claws and yellow smiles half-baked Turnèd ever upward … More
That dog fear no lightning
Hey there, Nickee! Looka there, lightning Hither, thither, over dee ground The why so herky-jerky The way all higgledy-piggledy That … More
laVidaCode: studbook
“` bash Fri Apr 14 14:50:11 ~/studbook (master *) $ node db/seed.js right above var HorseSchema about to do mongoo.Promise … More
What troubles the mule
What troubles the mule less the fetid, the loiter, the faeces, the longing, the foul-breath, the larceny of death … … More
Contra-Panda Ops in the Savage Bamboo Wood
The Savage Bamboo Pandas resented Humberto peeking in, all paparazzo, measuring, taking notes. Panda-Wrangler Humberto said “Ohhhh eeeeeeeez gonnna cost … More
Oh, sure, your soldiers salted cicadas
Oh, sure, your soldiers salted cicadas As with our poppies Nonetheless We, scorpions We expect a yield
Cicadas n otro sacrifices
Oh, sure, you salted cicadasWe, scorpionsWe, expect a yield We harried hornets to hysterics to a blind hate We poisoned … More
They shall gaunten like a feral cat
salmon shall run no more bears shall sit their haunches eddies shall pass them by they shall fish no more … More
Bamboo refused the stand upright
Bamboo refused the stand upright Relief in the voices of Of birds and bees Who no longer alight .