beastly ball of fire all rolling in shame a rattlesnake in the nest no legs no eggs no blame you hold a lake in each hand one is for skating on one for drowning in there s frozen wings in your bed as you sleep outlined in white ghost like your soul been rolling in sheep or had been wrapped up in birch bark like a gift for the end when it finally finds me a mummy tree woman becoming mummy tree women scream screamin screamin homeopathic stereostatic heroes in helmets hummingbirds swarm the attic trying so hard to explain but i can speak only in wool might i knit from this mouth a train of cool water for almonds i have seen your eyes so delicate your light like a toothless bite alien and as humble as a newt so sweet you almost killed me like poisonous honey mummy tree woman becoming mummy tree women scream screamin screamin homeopathic stereostatic heroes in helmets hummingbirds swarm the attic beautifully bruised when it kicked you with its hooves a headless stallion the color of a black rose a mole chews vigorously at my side while smoldering like a burning insect innards have dried into wreaths and rattles lets meet at the madrone s cradle making landscapes out of felt we will learn about succession succession when a pond turns to a meadow a fawn into a raven a pond into a meadow a fawn into a raven oh raven oh raven oh raven oh raven