Thursday, November 05, 2009

Guy Fawkes Night (a chorus of crazed baby chicks)



What radicals you are blowing up in suburban streets.
Startling the solemn households from their quiet Sunday
breathing, lighting up thousands of tiny troops of Civil War.

Anarchy! Streets run amok!

In flocks you burst and scream, a chorus of crazed baby
chicks being strangled, a thousand wild light bulbs sent up
into the air fusing,
  exploding
bouquets of flowers, flying out
like burning feathers.

You fizz and whistle like sparks of fat.
Breaking the rude silence of safe
towns, reminding us of a war
    just
     round
      the corner, or
to shut the curtains, lock the door, and always
blow out candles.


2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Just stopped by fae Scotch Jimmy's place. Ya alreet.

McGuire said...

I'm doing ok. Where are you from? Cheers for stopping by. Are you in Scotland yourself?

Happy reading.