Cassandra
That god with his damned lyre has hated me
pinned by his heavy shadow, snakes licked my ears
Now the sibilant future shrieks for me
Waves breaking on the shore of time
earth sky Apollo
In my white robe rain-soaked I stand at the door
And all night long till my throat is raw
I have told you the truth, what’s more
I have even brought photographs
Lost birds flutter out of sight
this is the end station
children disembark to die here
dreams go up in reeking smoke here
I told you so
Pitta Elegans
click of soft bone on feather
ah how we soar
drag our tiny feet
earthwards
struggle
kick
start again
multi-colored many-headed
angel
scratch scratch scratch
scratch
there is dirt
under your fingernails
only in uncertain light
are we visible
only in uncertain
light
