Divine Mother
is nursing us
from the juice
of the mango tree
from fruitmilk
in the coconut palm
from the
melting icicle
and the mercy
of the falling rain
PEACH PEACE
The bloody stench of slaughterhouse air
or the fragrance of a plum or pear
The scarcity of meat from filthy feedlots' muddy ground
or the cornucopia of a centenarian grove's
half million pounds
The sight of a hamburger after 3 days of rot
or of a bowl full of pecans by God begot
The screams of animals butchered without surcease
or the silence of peaches growing in peace
The sweet flow of polysaccharides from apples or
The pain of full hospitals from heart disease
A pile of discarded bones
... or mango peels girt by bees