Monthly Archives: July 2016

In the Company of Wise Animals

The white horses play flute as they fly.
An elephant enters the room, alone.
The land widens around wild animals.

Birds look for serpents who have, long ago,
abandoned trees and headed for rivers.
Monkeys can’t do business in here.

Trading during daylight is outlawed.
Last time a goat wanted to sell its milk,
offended neighbors growled at her.

Awakened before naptime was over,
furious dragons set the forest on fire.
The rain was on an extended sabbatical,

and winds, caught by surprise, amplified
and expanded the disaster. Eight cheetahs
summoned to look into the matter.

After much deliberation, they declared war
on the neighboring forests. They used emergency
powers to enforce curfews and impose sanctions.

Meanwhile, working chickens carried on,
undeterred, delivering eggs to all world’s citizens.

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A Picasso

Skin washes skin, membranes are juxtaposed—
legs, breasts, arms, and lips
mingle as in a Picasso.
In which people hug the beasts,
and contrasted colors abound:
tanned and pale, olive and brown.
Blue on white: the de-facto background color.
Red is enhanced, in focus, thanks
to an exciting rush. Flesh in full blush.
Knights of many desires ride
in a race to taste it all, conquer feelings,
free prisoners from lifetime sentences.
Wind whistles gently as the skies light up
and stars get chatty. An evening on the rise.
An end leads to a beginning. All form
one body. Power is shared,
pleasure amplified; a dialogue
as intense and productive
as the taut clouds before the pouring rain.

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