telegraph wires
throuch the firs
speuggies cryin




telegraph wires
through the pine trees
sparrows calling

holocaust day  -
frae a stoppit train
a cailleach blaws a pree




holocaust day  -
from a stopped train
an old lady blows  a kiss

faur aff lichtnin

troot 

lowpin

distant lightning

trout

jumping

on a leash  -
the bodach
an's dug




on a lead  -
the old man
and his dog

sweilin sweilin
til't jalouses the sooth  -
lane guis



circling circling
until it senses the south  -
lone goose

the blowster's won in:
a pickle notes i the lum
syne a hale rhythm section




the storm's arrived:
a few notes in the chimney
then the whole rhythm section

throuch a freesty scab
voar shuits
...mending




through a frosty scab
spring shoots
...healing

amang bleck brainches
a bleck burd
...wunter negative




among black branches
a black bird
...winter negative

the Yule-tree stern
bund in deidly threids
...attercap




the Christmas-tree star
bound in deadly threads
...spider

reengin the bath
fir yestreen's attercap
...he goves frae the ceilin




searching the bath
for yesterday's spider
...he watches from the ceiling