Moment
Library of fevers
Of ochre syllables hatched in mullen
Cloaked in shortleaf needles stroking sedition
Shivers with your words
Don't be feeble when the trailer tilts
That rascal moment when Ozark moons drip periwinkle
And log trucks tumble at ridgetop
Somewhere schoolteacher's ass is bared
Night is drowned in green light
A rooster silenced
One pale beep breaks unheard over
Earth about to miss its turn
David Thomas Roberts (September 8, 2004, Walnut Creek, CA)
