21 October 2011

Fog Horn


This shakes my bones,
a whistle snap-dragon
in the wheat,
and thistle red
katydids
crickle in the reeds,
snicker soft,
easy as summer:
sly, sank dry
in the dust borne sand,
the heaving whelp,
drying cough
swelling,
sable harsh wailing
like a gun.

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