strange land where meat regrets the eater &
it’s a rare strength indeed
ain’t sweetened by a drop of honey

raptor out of hand and out of sight
treacle-down and sorghum-slickness
testify a bird of prayer

boanerges better the six-gun salute
tuple mark (3) machinery turning
any head eastward

dirty henry bluffs none espousing
the bull and the rhino differ on one
important • point