tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-131700622011-10-29T11:05:40.518-07:00Pirooz M. Kalayehhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03711464117933514834noreply@blogger.comBlogger21100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13170062.post-1117042678052755032005-05-25T10:37:00.000-07:002005-05-25T10:42:49.876-07:00The pack<br />nestled together,<br />each from<br />chomp to compost to Mmmm again.<br /><br />Nothing could pull them from twig and leaf.<br />Their mantra over and over.<br />Salutations in twilight to desert grass.<br />Mental telepathy between frond and foe.<br /><br />Shikow. Shikow.<br /><br />The chomp thump squeeze of hearts.<br />Rows upon rows.<br />Gentle and forever.<br />Then the mantra again.<br /><br />Shikow. Shikow.<br /><br />(Currently available in Spring Issue (Name Volume Ate) of <li><a href="http://epc.buffalo.edu/mags/name/">Feed Me Seymour</a></li><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/13170062-111704267805275503?l=bloodredskiesofshikow.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Pirooz M. Kalayehhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03711464117933514834noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13170062.post-1117042635428375522005-05-25T10:36:00.000-07:002005-05-25T10:37:15.430-07:00Tanto pondered its shape<br />between mouthfuls.<br /><br />Its circumference rolled evenly<br />over taste buds and saliva.<br /><br />Shaken.<br />Not stirred.<br /><br />The truth.<br />Simple and elegant.<br /><br />She crooned,<br /><br />I Tanto. <br />Sister. <br />Eat grass. <br />Leaves.<br /><br />Moon make I happy. <br />Grass. Leaves.<br />I happy.<br />Eat.<br /><br />Her slow rumble hum<br />drew a congregation of<br />swallowing necks and trunks.<br /><br />Mmmm, the pack appreciated.<br />Mmmm, for her wisdom.<br /><br />Their palettes cleansed in vermillion and ochre,<br />the bark of the conifer,<br />and cypress roots nudged from within.<br /><br />They gazed upon the light,<br />drawing long brushstrokes<br />from the shell’s beacon.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/13170062-111704263542837552?l=bloodredskiesofshikow.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Pirooz M. Kalayehhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03711464117933514834noreply@blogger.com1