We listen to the news on late night TV
like poets waiting for that one perfect
adjective wham from the fountain
released by the front hoof of Pegasus.
Instead we get a word which means hurricane
but also warriors out of control
crash of a waterfall in burning forest
the music of what happens
when you open up a hoard of unclaimed body parts,
and a world walloping about like a flooded carburettor.
- From Watershed (Hazel Press), 2023
