Tuesday, August 10, 2021

Imagine a Dead Canary In a Hardhat: Poem 08/10/2021

Canary Death Shuffle 

A crank starts the film, bypassing the mortar
with vermin hardened into hooks.

I was called again today by the silver
embedded in my heart - pearled the yellow

on my teeth and I misplaced my harp
beneath bramble looking for a toke.

Cricket kerfuffle reminds me to shave tomorrow. 
Atop the town square I drum my gut hollow. 

 




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