Panthers stalking low to the ground
Rubies gleaming in the dark
Faces ripped from the library shelves
Places nouns and people leave their marks
Have you no teeth to chew this gum
to memorize the lines before the show
The junkyard cars rot there like plums
and big fish get caught in the undertow
Raisins thrown across the vineyard as if
to show that time passes here
the wine we drank was sweeter still than mirth
as if we are tasting all these minerals of the earth.