three calves
drowned

he cannot speak
in the bend of
this water

the shallows
& stones

the red rippling
flags of what
will not be

born or
leap afraid

Pan weeping
in the far
light

turn the page
loosely drawn

we do not fear death
it is the loss of life
end of longing

how even half a line or a smudged
scribble on a lined tablet

you were a child
& the way was clear
or the scent of burning grass

© 2007 r Lance W’ms March 12 of flying with dead men laughing laughing: physics that refuses

           

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