dark dangerous ancient
power's rewop double slap
b l o o d on the TV soaked
by b l o o d in the papers bloated
by b l o o d on the streets cloaked
as b l o o d in dreams
then there rises out of the window
She-Who-Wears-Copper-Bells
on her decapitated head-cum-moon
Aztecan Coyolxuahqui Rabbit Moon
& on TV
a composer on TV
plays
of Juárez dead
arpeggios
ascending
& falling
stock market
graphs
d a d a B O O M d a d a then
"I'm sorry, I don't
seem to have that note
on this keyboard."
rudder-
less
d r i f t i n g -harmonic
among sub
m u r k
then more news
who's the cunt in control?
who's the troll?
m o r e d r u g a d s w/ m o r e n e w s
"today on the border war front"
B A B A D O O M
* crane-named Atzlan bowls
up
lip
& Sierras Madres
bounding
elemental
winds
* rains r
i
v
e
r
i
n
e
volcanic f l o w s
& durable earth sustain
* h a r d i e r plants thrive
sparse fingerlings reach
mouths for nipples as if
the sun were a breast
* in the wetlands the lilies s
t
a
l
k
like red capped cranes like
like willows at the margins like
like sundogs at sunset like
* ibis & egret rise & settle
rise & settle
to water & tree
ibis & egret rise & settle
rise & settle
to water & tree
* like turning pages like
like quick edits like
w i s e ibis w h i t e egret
murmur dark on a breeze
ibis lilies lower s
h
a
g
g
y heads
* aromatic tea & smoke of the ibis lily
like perpetually barbed gifts
soothe salve suffice
yet insidiously ibis deceitful lily
plots snares that sit on
& occupy
like Russian thistle &
like walking catfish like
