Shushing dust settles into a crap-clouded dark
                you heard white pulsing before it leapt in the air

after      we shelter in soft shadows
listening for your hollowing clear

billy owl jenny owl willow owl gilly white barn owl

my ears dissolve in wanderer’s delight
                     sedated by your still speculation

silhouettes reveal what day conceals
            bodies exploded        fierce operas of light

monkey-faced silver owl steeple owl billy wise barn owl

huddled in groves once green
              fireworks fade and sleep

dappled with whispers of your heart-shaped face
                  sunburnt hills cease wailing

dobby owl hobby owl hobgoblin ghost owl barn owl

Nothing
                    cries
when the spirit feels

golden owl banshee church owl death owl barn owl

bright confusions of man’s loud singing
             bramble-rose
                                                   cowslip
                                                                  foxglove

torn-up forage in teeth

ripped up babies
              eyes pulled through

morning chiaroscuro
               seeking
               circling
too high for syllables to speak

                                                                                      billy owl jenny
owl willow owl gilly white barn owl
                                                            monkey-faced silver owl steeple owl billy wise barn owl
                                                                                                                       dobby owl bobby

owl hobgoblin ghost owl barn owl
                                golden owl banshee church owl death owl
barn owl
tyto alba
                 tyto alba
                                  tyto alba