On its Migration Southward
I Saw the Auburn Phoenix

Overcoming that which
Stifles, the unseen red
Bird: that flitting Permission,
The renegade, the miserfool that
Crouches smirking.

Pea pods or dried seeds, the
Autumn smell that lives in the
Mosquito's bloodstream.

Feversweats, nightsquirms which
Tease the Great One, or torment
True Self in sand patterns.

I Ching that reads my
Elderly cheek lines & still the
Crimson lark perched atop a
Fence of oak.

Mountain breath, porridge of
Giants, ion-air medicine
Ripe as berries.

Cyclic forest
That cradles a pink
Egg, offspring of the
Avian jester; again the
Obsessor that quirks, clucks
Claws incessantly

Mynd within a mind within a
Star imploded, within a construct
Of imaginary architecture where
Biomes of salt, love, or
Bile sprang like tulips,
Wilted as lettuce,
Rotted into fungi,
Flew feathered
As birds &
Sang red
Joy.

On its migration southward
I saw the auburn phoenix.

By Hive account@d-pend
8/25/17

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