Killer Whale

something clueless, unattended, gaunt
lingering, makes itself known
the unexpected percolation
the killer whale, kind to humans, crossed with
Gregor Mendel’s punnett squares
delicately fertilized by Luther Burbank,
producing something black and white,
clueless, unattended, gaunt.
 
 
Recalcitrant Donkey

the donkey, a medieval ass
sweet as aspartame, stevia, carrots
stevedore chanties

assuming the cloak of invisibility
once the realm of Kal-El, and this
before his Iowa peregrinations

finding himself abandoned
on the way to St. Ives, listening to
The Pardoner’s Tale

Italy, twelfth century, the atonal
wind ripples the surface of
Lake Garda

and the medieval ass
assured of a place
in this internet history


Life-At-A-Glance

the lance, the spruce, the
rock-a-bye baby in the treetop

the spear, the chariot
Blake’s Jerusalem

the jab, the harlequin beetle
flush with reproduction

the stumble, the cookie jar
opals litter the outback

[RK 5/1/23]