There Are Crow In the Arroyo

there are crow

in the arroyo

I don't know why

is this the first time

I have been too close
to what I mostly see

are these the spirits I have heard

in the feathered clouds

crowded whisper

of the junipers

shadowed ghosts

of light seen only

in the sleekness

of their streaming

bodies

is this something else

for me to feel

in the creeping numbness

of too many things to feel

they have dropped into
the deep recesses

of the arroyo

they are out

of my sight

the

pulse

of me

jppestana december 19, 2016