Pandas
(published
in CRACCUM October 1997)
Teeth
in black throat
Its
sounding forced boom
Their
shape for a bright cool cloud.
Thick
sticky web strand to branch clutch
This
swing, and bear belly flat at the edge.
Thick
my own sharp sound
Becomes
cloud clay
Sinks
beneath the soil.
That
crushed net, dart-quick out from trees
And
grab red fruit in wrists
And
yellow gum cooling at night, and dandelion milk.
Black
to claw hands
About
the eye, these tired eyes.