by Luis Cuauhtemoc Berriozabal
Severed head scarecrow
looks like the aimless
horseman without a horse.
The crows help themselves
to the corn surrounding
the scarecrow’s head.
The farmer’s back near
the farmhouse resting
from a hard day’s work.
His shotgun is put away
where the children cannot
get to it. His wife’s gone.
Country life living gave
her the hay fever. She ran
off with a salesman,
whose death will not come
too soon as far as
the farmer is concerned.
Asphodel Madness 2.0 