Tuesday, August 6, 2013

A circle of yelps


A circle of yelps
And a bleating center
Rising at 4 AM
Outnumbered by stars
And spruce deep
Stirs a lying dog
Fitful of
Its quarry corner

The lamb remains
A well-fed spring
Inside a farmer's ken
Ending beneath
Another’s table
Parted from sounds
Of a late-wood summer

Night famished ribs
Crush
For marrow
Unseasoned
Making meal
Of the morning










Tom McGlynn
copyright 2013

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