Palinode 20

                        I ask the pardoner

To pardon the times I locked

The keys in the car—so far

My intentions are to keep

Newness alert and happening

Sometimes I lose track of time

I am not as

grounded as

I think I

        \Move lightly like hedging\

        \your\

        \your dollar now\

I want to growl at the homeless

        /what can I do against it/ \bees are disappearing\


am I am an animal

and

after leaving I saw birds claw on concrete and they move sideways like I move

get drunk and can’t hear the phone ringing

there are so many watering holes we

peck at speaking men

clean crumbs without regret

and hear the others talking

        /birds claw on concrete/ they move sideways like I move/

        /aren’t we the same animal/

to sum it up

                /say/

we locked the keys in the car
we peck the lock like little finches.