she stares out the window of the truck
    one two three the fenceposts whip by
a hawk perched on seemingly every other
    a butcher's hand upon her thigh
turns the conversation to her mother

Shocks — Tanka

electrical shocks
zapping from our fingertips
backwards up the arm
started as a teenager
another gift of puberty

a simple silver chain
    two emeralds and a lump of turquoise for her hair
hereditary beauty is this simple thing battered
    missing links and jewels mysteries of lost history
a fascination to be handed over

Pika — Tanka

pika on the ice
glissading down a glacier
snatched up by eagle
bear watches from the high pass
below the elk grazes moss

Souse

He's all right most of the time
    spends his afternoons in wine
evenings are the most sublime
    night is evacuation excavation time
mornings are stark and raw
    every whisper a pavement saw
metronomic periodic nature's law
    it all works fine until the end

Bay brats ave rats and general urban punks
circumstantial Vulgarians born and bred from necessity
from a philosophical absence of anarchy
or elegant kung fu of the revolutionaries
never forget your fickle finger of fuck off

Mouse Trap — Monoku

 We love her like a mouse loves tahini on a glue trap's certain death.