the sun belongs too
the night travels swift-like like
the heart beats:
scared

diagonally
wet lines slice the dry summer
storm rages; sun rests

A wolf has come to eat the sun
the Gods supplied us only one
with jaws that tear and teeth that bite
he stops to drink our fading light
eclipse the world, pour out the soul
you nibble, can't you eat it whole?

the calm of a frog
consumed legs-first by a snake
a rare submission

to wit, to know it
with wit a whit of witness
to twitter nitwits

blood slithers snakelike
from cold neck to grated hole
a serpent in hell

I have never owned a pet
I borrowed them from God
to test my humanity
put another's needs first
teach me about unconditional love

there is a special place
in my heart they always have
when they go
it is a little darker and quieter
but it always belongs to them

their time is short
I want to make each day
their best and
in my clumsy selfish way
make them human