Far off grackle

Cat bird screech

Cat pressing through weeds

Isn’t that word enough?

Raven’s call

Whip-poor-will

Toad’s scrawl

Isn’t that word enough?

Green stems

Of the onions in their

Wild rows

Cackle and bustle in the wind

River rain

Spiral green

In a hurry

To match

The unswirling ribbon of eel

And from the other world

A blue wave

Foaming surf

This is a music

Too deep to hear

Even like this

Even when you try