Deer in the Headlights, A Waltz
Posted: January 5th, 2011, 7:02 pm
Deer in the Headlights, A Waltz
before the internet
I couldn't spell abattoir
but I knew what it meant
it's the bloody gears of
a grinding machine
slow sage indifference, fears
the calendar grinds
sinew and muscle alike,
yesterday, the bones of joy
If there is no comfort in the moment
if Now is not the end of it
where is there? but sleep or death?
all my daft cunning
makes rapture glow purple at the edge
like a candle behind a caladium leaf
you know something is there flickering and bright
just behind, just beyond
a fawn sips the air and knows
smells the wolf, the dog, the hunter
smells anticipation and dreams of the kill
the fawn is a tender, loaded spring
the facts are olfactory
close your eyes
in ten minutes this will be over
still we wonder why the fawn trembles?
she stands within a ring
a circle of opportunity
death hides behind every blade
and only needs to win once
while she must conquer every moment
If you've ever truly feared or truly loved
you'll know which is the sweeter, and also
which is the stronger.
the fawns leg is thinner than a ballerina
she is tender tendons dancing on fear
can you imagine how ALIVE she is?
No internet for deer, they can't google venison
fear makes wild meat taste wild
better to kill them in their sleep or during sex
There is no quick death for dreams
so we don't love the deer, we like her
and then the deer gets eaten, it's her job
before the internet
I couldn't spell abattoir
but I knew what it meant
it's the bloody gears of
a grinding machine
slow sage indifference, fears
the calendar grinds
sinew and muscle alike,
yesterday, the bones of joy
If there is no comfort in the moment
if Now is not the end of it
where is there? but sleep or death?
all my daft cunning
makes rapture glow purple at the edge
like a candle behind a caladium leaf
you know something is there flickering and bright
just behind, just beyond
a fawn sips the air and knows
smells the wolf, the dog, the hunter
smells anticipation and dreams of the kill
the fawn is a tender, loaded spring
the facts are olfactory
close your eyes
in ten minutes this will be over
still we wonder why the fawn trembles?
she stands within a ring
a circle of opportunity
death hides behind every blade
and only needs to win once
while she must conquer every moment
If you've ever truly feared or truly loved
you'll know which is the sweeter, and also
which is the stronger.
the fawns leg is thinner than a ballerina
she is tender tendons dancing on fear
can you imagine how ALIVE she is?
No internet for deer, they can't google venison
fear makes wild meat taste wild
better to kill them in their sleep or during sex
There is no quick death for dreams
so we don't love the deer, we like her
and then the deer gets eaten, it's her job