War on the Sedge

But. I can't decipher fermented meat

from a webworm. I can't resist rot

from fresh kill. Guns and rape a back-

yard carbon sink. A pregnant child

takes a rest, a child who pilfers

through trash bins

for spoiled milk, while a vulture

and a blue whale spurge and excretes

golden monkey flower seeds over

the desert. A bone runner bearing

a old bird bone cross sings an insult

to his enemies one on point,

one manic off the cliffs

and one for the hiding woman

in the ceiling, hiding for 3 days

by dg nanouk okpik