ESTATE

       of promotion and protest
       green and gold with a double
       cross Johnny
       at the rathole
       without arms and legs
       smiles palmtrees
       as "Senor" a photograph
       tucked in the mirror
       old world schoolyard
       rumbles perpetual
       flicker of red
       bandaged head
       word-clouds hoisted
       in exchange for
       crushed rock and shadow
       silence on a mutable leash











       FOR JOHN TCHICAI

       light caged
       broken air

       a thousand birds
       will not return

       flatbed truck
       carries a giant

       fish











       KYOTO

       in the company

       all night

       of a horsefly