The Least Among Us

 
(or "Chicken-of-the-Sea")





Intrepid wattle,

caught in the roil
of a reckoning watch

a ragamuffin remnant
of chaotic creation

a tatterdemalion shamble
through fluid
subconscious

a spring chicken
marching with
his death wish
-list

down to the shore
for boiling
beyond
our earthly shine

a serf on the surf
from a trusted turf
to crash & spray

ichor,

brine:

a hook for a look
is long in the tooth
and poor in store
is meat for more

(line)

a wattle of faith
through rotating blades

is caught in the eye
of a roiling watch