tiz zwazo is not
a yellow bird
she don’t belong
choucoune yes
but not she
neither
canaries
but for mutual
expendability
the yellow
shouldered
grass quit does
and the beautiful
almost-all-over-gold
Jamaican oriole
spindalis
with splendid
gleaming
throat
sunflowers
are not ours
neither rudbeckia
nor jonquils
nor daffodils
ours are poui
and acacia
showers
gilt poinciana
glorious
and rare
we’ll share
the flesh of
avocados
pineapples
oranges and lemons
(bells of St Clements
finally on hold)
egg yolks and pee
jaundice and pus
and tawny teeth
belong to all of us