Birds

2 birds
admittedly a little late

escape
the V formation

2 birds
break off on their own

go undetected
and in an instant

get cropped to bits
in separate engines

2 birds
died today

and made an infinite city
pause

2 birds died
so that they could be free

and an infinite people
for an instant

became one
admittedly a little late

Alan

Each brick he placed made him stronger
a fortress he built around himself

But the bricks scrapped his skin
and slowly chipped him away

the pain made him mean
but happy, stronger

the walls got so high
till he could not see

he knocked others down
often by accident

often because he could
safe in his brick skin

one day
in an instant

all of the brick dissolved
leaving a scabbed shadow

in the middle of a fortress
of stares from those with bruises

26 yrs old

As the clock strikes
the popping starts

pop, pop, one by one
the fingers plop into the soup

starting with the right hand
and then the left

finishing with just one finger
that one goes last

the blood drips freely
smiling girls

flitting around
flashing their bloodied hands

a lovely mix of fingers and lace
boiling feverishly

up pops a bubble
reflecting faces of the unknown

the sound of "Shout" blares
as the girls throw their hands up

they notice a solitary finger
and I hope that makes them think

not, peonies or lillies?
but, did I make the right choice?