Hunting Lizards in the Dark
During the killings unaware
we walked along the lakes.
You spoke of Szymanowski,
I studied a rook
picking at dog shit.
Each of us caught up in ourselves
surrounded by a shell of
ignorance
that protects our prejudices.
The holists believe that a
butterfly in the Himalayas
with the flap of a wing can
influence the climate
in Antarctica. It may be true.
But where the tanks roll in
and flesh and blood drip from the
trees
that is no comfort.
