And

I poke

       my vestigial

eye

   socket

into moments of leg.

The elk is

        sudden.

I

am

       really
                     looking
         for
                                       (for sudden)
                   
                                          cryptids.

The Animals

When a crow shifts

into the shoulder

of a pine, 

are you drawn

into the mythology 

of dead spaces?

Does it help 

to hug a dog when 

your heart darkens into cryptic sky?

Have you ever consider 

shifting your embrace

into the attention of a star?

             

       Have you ever hugged a bird?

I am trying to uncover
the cryptic

magic of rabbits.

Astralopithecus

If we could change
our eyes,

the eyes of an animal,
points of light

is all we'd see--
an ape-glitter in the dismal-black.

Love

Everyone wants
to be loved

and this is why
everyone is trying to kill me.

Cats

I mostly
don't trust people.

This is why
I have become a cat.

Owl

I was always
I was owl's ways
I was aloe's ways

those where the owl's days,
                    the good owl's days.