In the forest, in spring, the graves are green
and broken – graves for dogs, warrior’s graves,
graves of men and women, a trilogy of children.
Flowers, a single flower, nests, a broken doll,
pyjamas, a spring of reds, a winter of dark.
Sarah and Lilya 4eva.
In winter, the snow in the forest is a peppermint
beach. In winter, colour is broken.
The striped deer are gone, the magnolias
are gone. The cuckoo is finding heaven.
In autumn, the trees are scissor hands.
On the trees, in red, Leon et Maude.
In a perfect world, in summer, the hunter
and the deer are 50/50.
In a perfect world Sarah and Lilya are 4eva.
In a perfect world, all dogs go to heaven.
When a dog goes to heaven the stars are green.