Wetland Hunter


lick your lips
moist, muddy
tongue like a towel
O la flam rouge
O Cameroon
O Khmer Rouge
O bloody
eyes opened wide
swallowing whole
the mottled colours
molten and smiling
O brother
O bother
O Mother
O Father
Lick, lick, lick
life on the tundra
tick, tick , tick, click
safety snap off
O Sadness
O Saddam
O Sodom,
Gomorrah
sting from the tears
the singing mocked laughter
lick, lick, tick
Lick, lick , lick, click
one more in the chamber
l’hiver
sans blanche,
Jamias, peut jamais
Nager! Nager!
visage sur la lac
beach salt sand
grit and cramp
O water
O winter
O splinter
O hinterland
ducks in a row
webbed foot flopping
down dropping
shotgun echo
dead.