straws

traditional hats woven from last straws
tribe: written in blood
a strawman is blinded in pain
fighting windmills alas
a crow perches on the broken back
of a camel teetering on a brink
elephants turn circles
as perfection misbehaves
understanding threatens to give
in a frenzied grappling and groping
for knowing, a craving
a metaphor, a grave
a thirst...
as fullstops run dry
!gda