Yes I have grown
Black hair around
My eyes-

Yes I chew
Bamboo shoots
All day

Yes my belly
Bulges and

Yes my head is
Bald
And proud
(Raises fist)

For I am middle-aged
White
Endangered
Man

My ears
Get

Frayed

"Hair's of Turtles"


There is no way that i
       am supposed to think
The hair of the turtle
       does not have to be long
There is no way that i
       am supposed to feel
The hair of the turtle
       does not have to be short
There is no way that i
       am supposed to act
The hair of the turtle
       does not have to be red

Without taking
A single bowl-

Spoon by spoon

Little by
Little

The big ***

Empties

1
Small boy
One by one

Emptying the beach

2
Overarm,
Bowling
Pebbles
At the sea

Strange scent
Of orchid
Clinging
Like death
To bark.

Shoe soles
Melt into
Mud