Probability of the Sparrow

The body wicks

away its nest, leaves

sediment. In salt

the silhouette of a wolf

or a sheepshead. Who

knows who steals bones

if  not the connoisseur

of  bones, and who drops

a crank behind the body

if  not the one who drains

the river bed? In unrest,

buzzards. Or a flat

line. The probability

of  sparrows a spark

between two enemy pistons.

A dirigible built

solely for the grave.