This percussion’s
Desolation —
By one remove
The killing trove.
In claw & tooth,
Jackal, deer, North-
ern bald ibis —
Total eclipse —
Apocalypse
That you will strip
To bare
bare bones —
Beast and
human,
No virtual
Play, visual
On your smart phone —
Curtailed lifespan.
What’s endangered?
Truth embodied —
Temminck’s horned lark,
Flamingo’s spark?
Life’s decoding
An imploding —
Plotless story,
Praise the glory?
They block the sun
With their mission —
They send dark birds
And deadly words —
To make ruins,
Desolation —
What’s not destroyed
Will be destroyed.
This death sentence
Kills innocence
Which also dwells
Amidst the kills.
Collateral.
Funereal.
A prayer is prayer
Anywhere. Here
Or there a blitz
Makes resistance.
What’s
not destroyed
Will
be destroyed.
John
Kinsella
