Capricornic
The music was so good I turned into
a transdimensional space goat,
then went on to alternately explore
alter egos, stratospheric latitudes
and souvenirs from Earth.
Snakes in the woods! and a jaguar
just swam the river, snuck up
on a croc, grabbed it in its
ferocious jaws then paddled back
to the opposite shore,
that reptile about to be
mauled to shreds and consumed.
Thomas Piekarski is a former editor of the California State Poetry Quarterly. His poetry and interviews have appeared in Nimrod, Portland Review, Kestrel, Cream City Review, Poetry Salzburg, Boston Poetry Magazine, Gertrude, The Bacon Review, and many others. He has published a travel guide, Best Choices In Northern California, and Time Lines, a book of poems. He lives in Marina, California.