Like any discerning peregrine Your handsome hooded friend bore well away from the black-holes of carrion-crows Your condor sailed not … More
Category: pajaro
We shed feathers to let slip the gore
(upon observing a wake of vultures in the suburbs)
Birdwatchers in Beijing laugh, watch the addled swallows of your Opium Wars return to roost … cuidado amigo
Hornet infects heron
Hornets of oblivion Infect herons of mud With ass-piss blood Once only neglected Seeded herons dare chase alien sun
April lost her mind, 3 birds down, a shabby rain
April rained 3 birds Onto our front porch Poorly-inflated balloons they, their Fetal fledgling claws, their Yellow smiles, half-baked Turnèd … More
On fire go horses to corral (San Joacquin Valley, 1991)
Condor wingbeat Eyes sharp for fresh meat Dive the chaparral On fire go horses to corral
April claws of the arthritic dead
April rained foetus birds on our artificial front porch Poorly-inflated balloons Tits-up Point the fledgling claws of the arthritic dead
April hasn’t eaten her young yet, busy redecorating
Song of the crow-keeper in the desert southwest, v0
That very afternoon among the licking of tattoos, the kissing of scars, that bevel edge, the dolphin side, the pain … More
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