THE DAINTY MONSTERS
Michael
Ondaatje
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In Another Fashion
The cat performs,
rippling shoulder
on a strip of fence.
Pneumatic scratching
beats each jaw, shows
earrings of scar
through yellow leaves
and laundry.
We must build new myths
to wind up the world,
provoke new christs
with our beautiful women,
bring
plumed
thin boned birds
to claw carpets
to betray
majesty in a sway
Pale birds
with rings on ugly feet
to drink from clear bowls
to mate with our children
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