red wing (2018)

today we will borrow the red-wing blackbird

from the dizzying array,

viewed through an amber periscope,

under the influence

of earl grey's fog laden orchestra,

moving like the cursor

of beauty's greater drone

or a figment of wealth,

his epaulets and omnivorous appetite

shine the scabby paint railing

free of corn tidbits,

no tool of time

transcendent departed to

loan the lawn a sword of song







1-24-18
Portland Or