song – haiku and other animals

the sudden song. A beauty that—but the road in need of repair

day one. The towers toppled, but the sweet sparrow’s song

splinter

you saw in the last chapter the song of this species fetched a remarkably high price on the black margins now the mistake returns to take your teeth

of course we hope it remains flexible though there may come that sunny cool day when the light breeze tousles the heavy heads of new daffodils and the dark hungry fish hooks and songs of the condemned will

the world a blossom
I make up a song
for my dog

and softly breaks on the second sparrow’s song

my mouth at right angles to loneliness a little song

the song of one apartment in fog a lone sparrow

favorite song long black talons in the small hours

under my fingernails the unending song of clouds