Exhibition of a Taxidermist

... to mimic human activities,

gather dust in a basement,

stuffed by a taxidermist.

... no tail at all

ain't got no limousine

ain't got no pretty house.

Just a deep dark hole.

... could have been sleeping

in the vaults,

grey from grime of centuries,

dusty and dull.

a bona fide

14th-century relic.

We can mail it to you by surface mail $17.95.

By air mail, the cost is $15.95 and $7.50 for handling.

Sincerely,

The Pub

We realize that surface mail from the US to Belgium is slow

and for this reason we are mailing you a FLYING SERPENT today.

Sincerely,

Noah

desperately want to normalize

into a legitimate object of study.

in my hospital room is an alternate reality

or "dreamtime" as they call it

down under

her dress more ochre than brown

the sky a subtle blue

layers of varnish and grime

are gone and truer colours unveiled

There's something up there...

beautiful and old

waiting for us

enveloped by fog and

as the light shimmers

He looks ghostlike.

He tells me

There is something there,

brownish, sunken

down into a crevasse

... mysteriously

from a small cemetery

transported in a silver coffin

to the dining room table

where he built a shrine

for daily devotion

... very close

and very deep

and unfortunately

became afraid

and had to stop

But if we could

we would

Savage New Exploration Program

will continue to explore

the surface of the Earth

Experimental designs

for creatures

discarded by God.

He stumbled on a stone

with his own name on it!