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,

take a 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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8/11 ... more edits ... lots

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