Simon Pettet
POEM ("can't get enough of that")
can't get enough of that
kora music
inscribing letters on a
full moon
each of the notes then
each of the letters
crystal clear
incised on the moon's cheek
absolute in a way
as she tumbles
(they tumble out)
onto the page
or into the sky
(that blanket of emptiness)
followed by cascades
(and shimmers)
of gold and black dust
and pinpoints of light
that's you
POEM ("You still here Franco. . .")
You still here Franco
where?
in your daughter's face
calling Franco in spirit world
can I come in? yes,
no.
you would have flipped over e mail!
POEM ("coyote howls on the crossroads")
coyote howls on the crossroads
crop dusters spew noxious vapors
as we speed by industrial chemical plants
and factories and prisons
and set out on to the open plains
are not wolves
(look in their eyes)
brother animals?
and should we not protect them?
as we supposedly (but hardly!) protect ourselves.
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S I M O N P E T T E T
As A Bee
Talisman House, Publishers
P.O. Box 102
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