Dusting off the shrine of a goddess
I forgot her name.
She blessed me once
in light blue robe, golden nimbus
and myrtle blooms
when I was an outcast
in an outcast country
(I forgot its name too)
*
A woman in the nude dances
on top of a beached whale in summer,
massive whale as the full moon
on the horizon. A sitar is playing
some kind of monsoon ballad
before a bonfire and silent gannets.
It's eventide. The full moon in yellow dress
dances with the naked woman.
*
I come across a top hat
in the middle of the street
dancing with a stray cat
in black fur and yellow feet.
The top hat hops me a scowl,
the cat spins me around a smile,
and the moon waxing awhile
in the golden eye of an owl.
The stray cat nimbly runs away
when some foxes bark to the top
hat now flying up on his way
to the hand of a whistling cop.
*
Under an opaline sky
a wolf not famished
but philosophical
strolls along the beach.
Likewise an odd man
in golden raincoat
and black beret.
He's the poet of the village
and never speaks
except to the pebbles,
the rainbows
and the wandering wolf.
*
In fine fettle the old lion
Still holds up the sun
with his mane at dawn.
