VIII
blunt caws of raven
hack the morning open
for the sharper melodic procedure
of butcherbird
on the dripping
hanging carcase
black men prefer dreaming
while the white men’s dreams are a
coloured
a coloured film
over waking eyes
American suburbia
a slick of oil
pouring on the land
a seeping greasy froth
settling
unconscious.
what do the women do
people
the coloured
coloured film
on waking eyes
and dreaming