dead summer
sun shines between my bones
long crooked shadows
how long have I sat here?
oaks shade gave way to yellow
oblique rays illuminate
these dessicated sockets
gilded parched pastures
all dew has been up and took
long before I first awoke
autumn crows' appetite
my earthly flesh plucked away
I hear my heartbeat
thump thump as the rabbit runs
knowing winters frosty breath
the rabbit-catcher's campfire
cannot warm shivering bones
under their dry leafy quilt
all desire is quelled . . .
content with malodorous meat
from this hollow frame
my ice-glazed scaffold
coyote steals a femur
it was mine to freely give
suffering it was his to take
my gnawed bleached bones
scattered ,full transformation
predator to prey
play to the nature of things
sea transience by precipitant moon
4.12.12
A collaborative renga written with tsac
Apr 13, 2012
Apr 13, 2012 at 9:20 PM UTC
dead summer
sun shines between my bones
long crooked shadows
how long have I sat here?
oaks shade gave way to yellow
oblique rays illuminate
these dessicated sockets
gilded parched pastures
all dew has been up and took
long before I first awoke
autumn crows' appetite
my earthly flesh plucked away
I hear my heartbeat
thump thump as the rabbit runs
knowing winters frosty breath
the rabbit-catcher's campfire
cannot warm shivering bones
under their dry leafy quilt
all desire is quelled . . .
content with malodorous meat
from this hollow frame
my ice-glazed scaffold
coyote steals a femur
it was mine to freely give
suffering it was his to take
my gnawed bleached bones
scattered ,full transformation
predator to prey
play to the nature of things
sea transience by precipitant moon
4.12.12
A collaborative renga written with tsac
