Starlight on the Gutter of Blossoms, IV
silver moonlight
drips through weeping willow leaves
the river trail reeks
where a stray rips the throat
from a bag of rotting guts
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the milky way
floats in the midlight river --
one yellow stream
arcs higher than the other
while two drunks shout and laugh
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the warbler’s wail
ripples through the morning mist --
the screech of brakes
as a truck grinds to a stop
inches from the toddler
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the moonlit creek
chatters over mossy rocks
the drainage pipe
spewing vomit after vomit
of neon-blue factory sludge
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fields of wheat
rippling in morning sunshine
roadside billboards
hawk cheap loans and debt swaps
to the hollow-eyed and aged
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morning mist
veiling the river’s curve ...
the bridge traffic stops
as a rusted semi-truck
grinds a stray into pulp