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Farewell to Monarch ButterfliesThe heat swarms like bugsBefore the yellow porch lightsAnd pants heavilyIts dogbreath tonguingSoft fur of trapped animalsFrom cigar burns; stars,Sunken in, smolderAnd give up the well; ashesBloody the water.*Arrows have a point.They reach what they have aimed forAnd say, “So now what?”*Children hang from wiresAnd pretend they can fly orSing in unison;Flags for buck teeth flapGrim firecrackers, ripple steelDrums of foreign oilWorse than woodpeckersIn a controlled burn; hives droneCharred needles of wasps.[Disposable Haiku June 23, 2013]Dr. Mike
Farewell to Monarch Butterflies
ReplyDeleteThe heat swarms like bugs
Before the yellow porch lights
And pants heavily
Its dogbreath tonguing
Soft fur of trapped animals
From cigar burns; stars,
Sunken in, smolder
And give up the well; ashes
Bloody the water.
*
Arrows have a point.
They reach what they have aimed for
And say, “So now what?”
*
Children hang from wires
And pretend they can fly or
Sing in unison;
Flags for buck teeth flap
Grim firecrackers, ripple steel
Drums of foreign oil
Worse than woodpeckers
In a controlled burn; hives drone
Charred needles of wasps.
[Disposable Haiku June 23, 2013]
Dr. Mike