The Crows of Babel

Morning breaks upon Babel, crows caw, stirring from perches,
corvid-colloquialisms, complaints, single-voiced, to-all-alerting,
this, the gaping dearth, morsels missing, hungry bird, listening
to whispering passersby, ignoring their beaky-hissing, pinching
occasional ankles or errant fingers, angrily issuing edible edicts,
to hapless builders, millers, stonemasons, and/or tired children.

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The Mountain Crown

Held high-aloft,
the mountain crown,
so crystalline, so cold,
fretfully encircles
her ancient brow.

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These Stars

In this earthen cave,
her mother’s womb,
she prayed for the rain
– the bringer of truth. Continue reading “These Stars”

The Source, The Spring

“Captain, my Captain,
we have reached the end.

Eon’s Black Reach…
here it begins. Continue reading “The Source, The Spring”

Your Halo, Worn Proud

Sun-singer,
sing your song
into the ether.

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