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 </div><p></p>Life is a Crook<br>
Life is a crook and though<br>
you pour him drinks and fill his bed<br>
with feathers and whores.
<p>It’s the uneven face of the sky<br>
it’s cloudy in Pompei as<br>
fog sneezes over the city;<br>
she bleeds rain there.<br>
But our crops thirst and the squirrel’s nails blunt<br>
From digging holes yearlong<br>
here the sky is so clear and blue<br>
to shake the earth to dusty rage.</p>
<p>Somewhere, a man visits the rain-lord<br>
another loops his only buba to hang his neck<br>
if only he knew the Morrow would mate flood<br>
those seasons your barns swelled and yams<br>
you baptized in red, swirling oil<br>
now you grumble for the rains<br>
have taken her wares to another market.</p>
<p>You’ve turned your womb to a slaughterhouse<br>
of tiny men for the mothering hour hasn’t come<br>
somewhere a couple eats cocoyam alone<br>
without the murmur of kids.</p>
<p>Life is the sound of rain<br>
beating on my zinc roof<br>
The rythm is taut and noisy<br>
Like giants marching<br>
In between, Calm peeps through<br>
the torrent of noise so the honks of geese<br>
and the flutter of sparrows, we hear again.</p>
<p>Though he has gulped all your ale<br>
he’s never too drunk to not walk in<br>
straight, sane lines like a pious drunk<br>
on his trip to the monastery.</p>
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