Debris Field

The bars of morning are refracted in the
Obsidian eye of the grasshopper

He leaks ominously
A prophet born in the mud

His small stature does not impede
Vertical lift from crunching toes

In my plastic state
He moves slowly

Though trapped in a
Silver web, I am not drained

Though I am not fed
I grow insane

I, bastion of madness
I, husk of digested love

A visage in cottonwood
A plastic Madonna on the freeway

Tumbling in the cackling light
Inhaling glory of his whitest night

11 August 2009

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