Poem: Perspective

 

Perspective

 

termites don’t woo wolves.

a humpback whale

can’t jackknife with worms

in the muck.

 

azotobacters, even,

in hierachies of rot,

make their stand.

traces of apatosaurs 

scream in petroleum.

 

no beetle speaks

salamander speaks chub. 

an eon for an organelle

whispers midnight to a raven.

 

angels envy songbirds,

or even humans, sometimes,

moved by the variations on loneliness

in the notes.

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2/17  ... "whispers midnight to" replaces "means midnight for" ... "the variations" replaces "variations"