Character
The character
Of the Lily flower
Is whole
Until
The petals fall
Like white handkerchiefs
To the floor
There is a body
Made of length of seed
Belted together
By brotherhood
How long?
Before they brown and shrink
How long?
Before they separate
Into the wind
As new characters
Little sparrows
In the cupboard
Under the sink
A clutch
Of sparrows
Are hiding
Stay there
Little things
Until the bombers
Pass over
With your wars
With your wars
We’ve harmed more
Than ourselves
With your wars
Y our
Wars
Little sparrows
Turned inti flame
Beetles underground
Cooked raw
Burning oaks
Extinguished cabbage whites
Tiny
so tiny
in the exhaust trail
of mighty Apollo
birds/erased
bees/erased
moths/erased
angels on fire
