Parable
1
Chinese pomegranate
is flame red
pebbles find
total delight
the wind
is absolutely conscious
as it was
before it
birthed
the flame red flower
beneath which
the pebble lies
2
this road walks up
to a suspended moon
she will swoon
in swirling mist
about her feet
the owl will meet
its real prey
rotate its head
and
pretend to be gay
in the blindness
of sunlight
3
the poet looks for
clarity in yellow smog
he reckons
today is the day
he will find
a
subterranean connect
between sulphur springs
and pterodactyl wings
the lice will bite
skin that is watertight
angels will alight
from horse drawn planes
4
a fossil tree
will aggressively save
his
laptop screen
while ephemeral spirits
trick or treat
on
Halloween
and soldiers ambush
very small children
joy is manifest
on the cherry tree
our
facial skin
is rhino hide
bees fight shy
and ghosts multiply
in Shanghai
5
he that slaughters
does not slay
he that
is slain
is unnecessarily vain
flame colored flowers
fallen between pebbles
are in immense pain
through the sunlight
fall large drops of rain
Scene
Ying and Yang
embrace prematurely
beneath
the apple tree
on this mountain
it is early fall
pitted
apple blossoms
choke with the mist
even if you insist
obstinate grass will
resist
the onslaught of fallen fruit
rock hard with frost
in this humid cold
the worm has hundreds
of arthritic feet
retreat is labored
beneath the bifocals
of a wind eroded god
Story With An Uncertain Ending
winded by the hard labor
of being an
unmitigated god continuously
for a century
he leans against the leafy
banyan tree
an anonymous archer
has shot a miscellaneous
arrow
through his divinity
that which has come to pass
was ordained
to be
removed from passion
above virtue and sin
enamored by no one
besotted with nothing
always blind now bleeding
he cannot but win
what final commandment then
for other
immortals
who are eternally condemned
to walk the straight and narrow
path
or incur his dying wrath