i got that lick in my head from sun ra.

i shake his paw he dreams i touch his head he flutters i open his eye it's rolled backwards he pops awake.

i stood there a long time feeling a fool. did they feel it too? i felt a fool leaving was me.

i turn around this time and he's not eating something awful he's just sitting and waiting for me.

the bones of the wind,

the wind in the trees. my bones.

there's something amazing about a tree.