She whips her silver bulls
that heave her chariot
riding rough on navy-black
silk sea turning under hooves
Animals under flotsam light
freeze as hedgehogs
with pinpricked eyes
on snow trod motorways
The ocean of air sinks below
to ice mist/ raining diamonds
so even the softest paw
crunches compact grass
But above in slow swirl/ stars
blink/ Selene coruscates/ casting
black over sleepless fish
Bats and owls dart through grass
ripping through cloudless sky
shrieking howl hymns to death
by Z D Dicks
