every day
meeting the world
without a theory
*
to catch a crow
the Greeks set out a dish of oil, the birds
dipped their wings in a longing for company
*
all those dreams dead
and rotting beside the road—
great day to be a scavenger
*
why would anyone
catch a crow I say to my hand
as it grasps
*
these thoughts
so blue a crow
wings through
*
I put a scarecrow
in my thoughts, on his gray hat
a crow often comes to sit
*
five animals in Islam
can be killed with no blame
I don’t know the other four
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okay, crow,
I say, let’s have it your way,
awe, awe, awe
*
listening to the crow
the whole world
is crow