Eye of the Rabbit

    Before a brain been forth. Before too tender

the narrow is. Had rustled about this canyon

    dwelt atop powerful haunches. Into the purer

eye the rabbit nestles in transient socket. Had

    etched upon fragile grass is welded across a

spirit world seeming. And revolves the seeing

    eye in whose sluice a moist coddled. Brought

such wonders across barriers the shepherded

    batter. Had shaven some this humble morning.

Filled the belly on young alfalfa ties the farmer

    let spread and shuffled to the brush future is.

Keyed such memory portals for the garroted

    decay. Everything else turned prescient in the

eye ajar. Bells sung to the meadow enable seem.

(Yellow Medicine Review, Spring 2015)