Not Saying What

author’s note:

After posting that last “epic”, I felt I needed a break.


BATTY--BEAUTY

That bat
with its erratic
geometric
choreographed
wired flight pattern
has again
disrupted my television
reception--

has again
drawn me outside
to stand
in the sharp cool
grass.

My hands try to hold
the air still
--so that I may hone in on
my nemesis--

but the stars distract my eyes:

they seem to have a message
for me...seem to have...

and maybe

I think I know I think
I understand the message

though if I do...

...I could not say what.

© 2009, Michael R. Patton
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