
a black crow,
oily & otherworldly,
alights on a rock.

a black crow,
oily & otherworldly,
alights on a rock.

one hundred birds
startle at my presence;
one eyeballs me.

curb crows
stand in a row.
what’s the sky say?

i see snakes jutting
from the water; usually
i’d discover
it’s not snakes but sticks,
but today isn’t the usual.

at water’s edge,
snakes wrestle: writhing, twining,
but slipping the pin.
Which animal would you compare yourself to and why?
Human being (Homo Sapiens) bears the closest resemblance.
Why? For starters, humans are animals. And I think if I were put in a lineup of varied species and a random intelligent person were asked to pick the Homo Sapiens, they’d pick me.

from still water
juts deadwood on which herons
perch with their shadows.

ducks drift lazily
on water that sparkles
with winter sunlight.