fly fly high
in the sky
metal bird
carries herd
pilot guide
for a ride

drip drip
goes the faucet
meow meow
goes the cat
crazy
goes the mind

farmer’s son drove the family truck
down the highway in the afternoon
he spots a roadkill squirrel
and takes it home for the family
farmer puts his hand on shoulder
shakes his head for the umpteenth time
and says “We don’t want this son.”

brown bird with white tail
dances on the street
I get close
and she flies away

will he know he killed me?
will he sit on my body as it cools?
my breath is growing faint
his tail is pressed against my throat
but I hear his little snore
and I cannot bear to move him

spider underneath the door
she has made her home
in the entrance to mine
we don’t interact
we’re not glad to see each other
but we coexist for the time being

deer in mayor’s backyard
chews a leaf
and hears a noise
deer looks up

mayor in her bathroom
brushes her teeth
and sees movement
mayor looks out

beings in a moment
stare at each other
and think thoughts
souls hover apart

he is cuddly
because he is cold
this is not love

cat crosses the street
in the night
humans are asleep
cat licks her paws
watching the lonely walker
neither initiates interaction
but they watch each other
as walker turns the corner
cat stalks after a mouse
she catches it and carries it home

blue dog lounges
in a resting grass field
flies fly around him
farm cat pounces on a rat
sun goes down
crickets sing their songs
and blue dog observes all
letting it all pass
like he exists outside it
but the sensation
of wind tickles his ears
farmer calls him inside
and he sleeps soundly
to go out tomorrow
and exist again