Distress call
A red tractor hovers over its white rims
scalping around small splinted trees
and I suppress a sneeze at the green
over rust fence as the beast grumbles
Under amber pulse flashes in glass skull
neon skinned a man-brain circles arm
chainsawed tufts spray behind in wake
a wood pigeon softly hums a eulogy
The engine trundle and evisceration of pulp
freezes dogs mid sniff in heat over mounds
twisted slides thrum deserted as children
scream blind in school hedges cheer murder
Crisp packets are rolled and shredded
as coffin scraps they churn up masher
and blades in silence when daisies
are decapitated while larks pluck and sift
at remains the uncut stay rigid rooted