12. islay brothers

the pillbug writes its saga
in lofty verse · garnishes
pillbugly laurels &

the ratchet clicks · lapdog grunt
limbec growl collects · at dawn
i swallow toad gauzily

the utmost reach of will
then stranded on astroturf
i reck my beachhead of sorts

there's shipwreck & illness stretch
as far as eyes follow, till
this blur-seam becomes life's goal

the ratchet clicks happily
funest lungfish settles for
a siltdown talk with ozone

We wear the mask.

"Even the possible has its insoluble particle." --Emly Dickinson