Moonshine (Owl watches rain) Soaked turf was cleaved by thick bullet rain chilled to gutter drained in clumps It slipped from grass pale roots cleaned as tiny corpses plump and naked Burrows bubbled as over filled wine until tree hands clutched at ends Loosely gripped filth as sacrament for what had been as moonshine to day Night Life (Parenting) Panes, filled with webs Owl hunched forward watched animate glass dull paws swiping A cat slipped with clatter through its gate with a gift meowed a meal on tiles nose nubbed forward But screamers balked prey back to dark, away down to blue of bush the feline, a fur rainbow She stood, calm as a teacher preserved care with one look and Owl drew meaning as the cat hunted in grass Nocturnal Where the sky halted Owl remained awake on breeze, clouds parted Owl remained awake as his feathers ruffled Owl remained awake when his eyes were cold Owl remained awake blood clung to his claws Owl remained awake his nest broken dry Owl remained awake as the moon fattened Owl remained awake still and perched Owl remained awake the horizon pierced Owl remained awake light weeping on grass Owl remained awake dawn had invaded Owl remained awake blinks held as game Owl remained awake no reason to hunt Owl remained unable to catch sleep More about Z.D. Dicks : Gloucestershire Poet Laureate A Fevers of the Mind Quick-9 Interview with Z.D. Dicks 3 poems from Z.D. Dicks in Fevers of the Mind Press Presents the Poets of 2020 5 poems by Z.D. Dicks “Light Drizzle” “Mirror” “Mourning” “Survival Strategy” “Owl Learns Magic”
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