Refuge
the
tongue
seeks refuge
in a lover’s mouth
the faint sigh
of a burning
wick
For Seamus Heaney
cocks wither in the summer heat
necks wrung like washing rags
languid socks of skin and thew
your hair twisted into cornrows
a quarrel of pale yellow sun
tracing the crib of your lips
cats prowl the silage for mice
tails scab with viscera and douse
the summer heat spun into shadow
my uncle’s gore callused hands
chucking necks like slough rags
into the silage trap
I lift the barrows of your skirt
revealing a warrant cat
a severed cockscomb in its mouth
Tuesday, October 10, 2006
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