The silent animals converge.
Count the eyes at night. Divide
by two. Measure the distance.
A phrase away? Perhaps a paragraph.
Predator & prey is a classic
mathematical model. It is a balance.
Is there an answer? Is this
a riddle? A rebus of fear? There
is a space between predator &
prey, a mathematical construct.
Reduce the prey & the predators
diminish also. They die. One
family left. The prairie empty.
Is this what they are waiting for?
No prey, no predators. The sun
grows hotter. Oceans encroach
upon what was once grazing land.
Count the eyes by day. Desolation.
Retail Identity Poetics
Published in a hardcover format,
312 pages, a book on identity poetics,
& how queer theory doesn’t necessarily
have to exclude lesbianism. Retailed
for $110.00. That was over twenty
years ago. Think how big it would
be now, & what it would cost, with
so many more shades of gender to
be cognizant of, in a world adrift,
as an uncertain identity, & nothing
that now suits in the fashion arcades.
Two-Step
Each night she
would put him
in an air-
tight jar & they
would dance
a little
before he went
to bed. They’d
take it in
turns as to who
would lead.
A line from Marjorie Taylor Greene
Unsure if it's the Pope or the Presi-
dent who lives in The White House,
this person then says something
stupid like I'm sorry you're having a
hard time. But excessive apologizing
might also be associated with a men-
tal health condition; & there are some
other actions that can be taken, not so
partisan in their fearmongering. Send
a get well card with an elephant em-
bossed on the plain white envelope. Add
the message: We don't let criminals serve.