Minions on Air
Programed mockingbirds
singing dark memes of giants
on vast waves of air
Programed mockingbirds
singing dark memes of giants
on vast waves of air
New Era of shame
for questioning narratives
ordained by moguls
Winter rain washes
urban air, cement and dust
a flora cocktail
Red-tailed hawk attack
crow-beak stab to red-tailed wing
free-fall flash away
Animal beings
cross her path sporadically
each juncture life’s kiss
Another bright day
this winter of global fear
waking to songbirds
Like movie flashbacks
coastal heat waves jump winter
briefly back to June
What will happen now
in the winter of empires
masked and hidden chill
Black phoebe’s homage
at the foot of stone Buddha
eyes filled with hunger
Eleven pigeons
another street lamp lifts five
and one holds one gull