Wednesday, September 19, 2018

earth note 616






















isn't every day
a day of atonement
isn't every day
earth day

the mouth of the hillside
is missing teeth
leaves nothing
but loose tongues

know-it-alls garble
the forest colors
rule from the shadows
the bond is broken

pistols running wild
paint and lead
provoking car alarms
smashing an hourglass
before its time

someone just panicked
failed the hairpin curve
two wheels too few

--- e b bortz

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Mon pere, you have achieved the succinctness of William Carlos Williams, the distillation of sight, memory, and sound.