13 October 2011

Cannon fodder



and big horses shod
clopping water
spout to mane
quivers a river,
stout as a train:
the whistle blow,
the thistle grow
a witches broom
all scraggly—
seagull rabid
on the jagged
rocks like knives—
broad-feather
wood-pecker
working through the snow,
digs the bugs and knows.

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