listening
without hearing
sound
mouthed words
in kangaroo courts
of public opinion
license to steal
metal of meaning
music of numbed
gleanings
in worlds
deaf sightings
fingers dancing
misunderstandings
careening across walls
shadows of sense
vultures picking
the carcass
of the not yet
dead
too deep
for understanding
fathoms below
the surface
of air and fire
and ordinary life