STUNNED SENSELESS

Nature neither kind nor cruel

Mostly indifferent instinctive spiritual animism

Attuned to subtle dissonant rhythms

Shaman foreshadowing ominous soulful alerts

 

Sunburst flurry of sea swallows

Menacingly thrashing wings overhead shrieks

Ruffled throat feathers throbbing pulsations

Rip tide current eerie calm

 

Knowing elephants smashing steel chains

In unison oversized ears flip-flop

Herd charging upslope jungle stampede

Stopping pointblank beyond wavelength outreach

 

Grazing water buffalo unlocking horns

Muddy hooves seeking hilltop refuge

Followed by bewildered villagers fearful

Of losing livestock safety network

 

Tentacular creatures surfacing from depths

Burrowed mantis shrimp migrating elsewhere

Stranded ghost pipefish leaping ashore

Implosive tide pools lapping froth

 

Whenever overflowing bathtub pulls its

Plug head for higher ground

Receding tides followed by flooding

Mean only one thing – Tsunami

 

PoeArtry by: Charles Frederickson & Saknarin Chinayote

Co-editors of quarterly cosmozine AVANTGARDETIMES.com