Worthless animal

With all life profane
The ladles cradling streams of
Buttermilk current stretch out
And alabaster lips unseal
So I may recall the soft timbre of whisper
In its stillness

When a fawn stumbles into the raid
Honeydew high and deep in afterglow
Mind swarming on purple sand verbena
I forgive its delusion
Caress its world view super bloom
Shelter canary yellow eyes
Then search to pin the legs of the stalking dog that
Lends its teeth to sticky, sad bedlam
War cries quake through lurching light
I bury a blade between its ribs
Bear hug the soft canine frame
Then smear ash on its brow
All who have forgotten remember now