poem: macan tutul
(Yesterday's Gospel reading from Luke told of the ten lepers who approached Jesus on his way to Jerusalem. I heard "ten leopards" at first and knew it would have to be used somewhere.)10 leopards
scything through the towns he'd
sent them to:
algebraic steel bristling
at the day's next
victim, wondering
through which door,
down which throat,
salvation waits.
the river towns were
riotous with their hunger:
a greed no night
could squander,
and he -
evercalling,
till one
might obey -
for whose slaughter
was he asking?
what thighbone
would complete
his sense of One,
the abacus
scratched across a lingering
fate.
Labels: fossil fool
posted by murat11 at 7:09 AM
6 Comments:
We had the same Gospel reading lol - I wish I had honed in on ten leopards. Would have given me a whole new perspective on Luke (which is my favorite book - world upside downness rampant!) Have a great day at the instituto. We had storms come through and school is delayed 2 hours. Not complaining :)
Dee: Not complaining down here, either: school's out for the globe-trotting Genoan. Not enough Italians up your way?
No holiday for us today. Love the picture of the snow leopard and the ravenous deliciosity of your 10 leopards poem. 10 leopards sent out to preach a very interesting gospel...
only the bistro in Clarksville :) We started school so late because of the construction of the new high school, holidays are sparse this year. Even the two teacher work days are scheduled for Saturdays to get our required number of days in. Still, a 2 hour delay is nice, especially on a Monday. It also usually means hyped up kiddos for the rest of the day though.
Teresa: I love your encapsulation of the poem entire. They wuz hungry for the Lord.
California pissed C. Columbus didn't make it all the way to the west coast?
Dee: Semi-snow day in October. Nice. Thanks for sending the cooler air down this way.
Post a Comment
<< Home