well I figure it’s either a hummingbird with a rose

or a pelican with a ham

–an Albatross with an ancient mariner around its neck. (Tom Moye)

–Red mouse, sleeping in a tuxedo, with a baby chicken hawk and a displeased tropical fish. (Jeff Colby)

so many wings

Moye said, “Picasso earns his egg money”

remembering the forest eaves

the lilies wonder where the water has gone

I think it’s a dragonfairy

down in the tiny pebbles and grass

those rocks I remember,

they’re still out there

when a rooster becomes a griffin

dancing up a summer dawn