ABBREVIATED GUTS

Sun dogs melt,

Tuna tins expire,

Honey bees purge,

Headless sea lions wash up,

Bloat. Drowning hydrangea.

Retreating squirrels.

Vacant towering fir

Hush the songbirds

With gusts. Ravens squawk.

Telecom tricksters call

And call. And call.

Carbon copied dread

Routed to the periphery,

Mt Galiano a distant lump,

Inviolate taint in the mainstream.

Traveling vast distances

My blood will recede.

Limbs tread water,

Garnering muscle,

Mustering will.

Cranking tunes, I summon

reason, a dollop of pomp,

A glut of valor.

Geronimo!