blue jays
dart
in and out
of the bushes
as the scorpions
and rattlesnakes
emerge to a
heatwave baking
a shell shocked
texas to dust

at war with
iranthemediaourselves
cut off from
the disgusted world
as a tangerine dusted
pedophile performs
as if no one knows
his diaper is full
and his mind is
riddled with holes

chalkdust impressions
of a judging moon
reigns over the fall
as summer seeks to
charbroil civility
into uncivil discourse

the blue jays remain
unconcerned with all the
consternation congesting
the little hairless apes
the muted clacking as
tiny scorpions march on
while poet’s and snakes
sun themselves on rocks
indifferent to incoming
excursions in hellfire