Dead voices in the head
of a frightened madman
starts humming like electric wires
in wild winter storms.
bursting and cracking like melting ice
in a warm spring thaw
insistent, pollen-drunk bees
buzzing round hot summer hives
grumbling and gathering
swirling eddies of autumn leaves
dancing schizophrenic death
in the breath of city streets.
© M.L.Emmett