Friday, January 15, 2010

689. HABITAT (all activity is forced activity)

HABITAT
(all activity is forced activity)
Once they moved the fences,
we realized there would be no more.
The fields were hungry, and even what
the birds dropped for them was never
enough. The 'muppets-to-brains' (or however
it was put) ran wild across the grass - like those
kindergarten kids from the old German school
in Merloch. One custodian - the one holding
the keychain and lock - seemed to be yelling wildly.
Seen without ending, in the guise of a surly dog,
he was shouting something at someone in the group -
perhaps, even, at a thing.
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It is never expected, watching a star explode,
that the great fiery scene above was once
shining, placidly lit, within a midnight sky.

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