Permitted a Meadow

I like the blue pill best.

Just like a gladiola, its true flower

is invisible.

The rest is holy.

Not like in that Tintoretto

where no one knows god is dying,

just the usual jingle and squawk

from the birdmongers then sudden

downpour, a few of the demons dwelling

beneath the earth tentatively stir.

Not like that. Not tentative. Imploring.

The wound tingles.

A head of foam forms on the mountain.

Into my hand is placed a Mycenaean horse.

Into my hand is placed a wax hand.

The filament will not break.

The fox gets closer.

Mint barks.

5% of its life, an ant is active.

The rest is holy.

Wolfhowl ringtone is holy.

Sticking out your tongue

in the rearview mirror is holy.

Any song that never leaves the lungs,

all us animals garlanded and belled.