The frozen surface of a shusui dawn
reflects a dorsal ladder of clouds
Orienting
Black birds converge, restless
in search of a perch
Precipitating in centrifugal whirlpools
that drain to a spinning nadir
of elemental subterranean succor
The frozen surface of a shusui dawn
reflects a dorsal ladder of clouds
Orienting
Black birds converge, restless
in search of a perch
Precipitating in centrifugal whirlpools
that drain to a spinning nadir
of elemental subterranean succor