Cri de Coeur
©May 17th, 2019
By Vijaya Sundaram
Fish fly, birds swim,
People walk on stilts.
Pigs come and live in houses
That the humans built.
Topsy, turvy,
World spinning down.
Orbitally diagonal,
Sky on the ground.
Blood flows, bones break,
Coyotes laugh.
Trees bend in howling winds,
Then they break in half.
Heart beats faster,
Dark slanting in.
Night walking barefoot while
Earth forgets to spin.
Take me, hold me,
Steal me away.
Far from this planet,
‘Fore the break of day.
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