though in this case the ratio was
flipped, two parts animal and one part
divine so the light was filtered through
moist hairy clay though there were those times
before it got much worse
the henbit ground ivy toadflax
and other remembered saturations
scarlet pimpernel deptford pink scat
-tered at every turn thyme leaf speedwell
bird’s eye speedwell the constant buzzing
in my ear and nights of less and
much less what could our hero do
with fangs and fury just like the creature
though now that you say it like that
other animals 