outside_i_heard
raze a choir of cicadas singing
through their stomachs,
the fitful complaints
of a derelict dog, and
the steady hum of heat
harnessed and expelled
by the copper capillaries
that keep this house from
bursting into flames.
260708
...
raze the ominous rumble
of an uncertain sky,
reminding me of all
i'm guided and
governed by.
260709
...
ovenbird The guttural grumble
of a mechanical scythe
forcing the grass
to its knees.
260710
...
raze the subliminal sigh
of burning brushlands.
260716
...
ovenbird A crow tap dancing on the eaves. 260717
...
raze a child crying
while their father
lied and told them
they were fine.
260718
...
raze something hard
hitting a garage
door after leaving
the hand that held it.

bang.
and_bang.
bang_bang.
260719
...
raze the_music_of_crickets. 260813
...
ovenbird bees in the lavender
wind in the pines

and these were the loudest sounds in a world perched on the edge of nowhere
260826
...
ovenbird A crash in the woods that I prayed was not a bear, or a cougar, or a wolf. 260827
...
raze a wasp's wings,
so near to my ear
i could almost
decode the language
of oscillation.
260828
...
raze the soulful song of an eastern_screech_owl. 260907
...
ovenbird The geese signaling the end of summer. 260908
what's it to you?
who go
blather
from