renga: vampires in reverse

1
Wuhan cranes
water birds that nest like crows
ancestors calling

2
stalls selling bats
distant Chinese proverb
vampires in reverse

3
burning like straw dogs
ceremony all in white
costly urn-ings

4
daily podium
midway barker hawking wares
smells like snake oil

5
swirls of red and grey
a dawn of mere bluster
chipmunk farts

6
honored dead
back-hoe scrapes out trenches
New York, New York

7
it’s serious
girlfriend in a coma
this ain’t no rock song