LANZAROTE THREE

   LANZAROTE THREE         TIM WILLIAMS      DEC. 2015

AND YOU DROMEDARY, 
YOU WHO CARRIES OUR DAMAGED BUT HEALING BODIES
TO THE TOP OF A DUST MOUNTAIN,
A MOUNTAIN THAT COULD BE MOVED WITH SHOVEL ALONE
BY A MAN WITH THE WILL AND SPIRIT TO DO SO,
IF MOVED IT WOULD THEN CAST IT'S SHADOW
ON ANOTHER MAN'S HOUSE,
YES YOU COUSIN OF THE CIGARETTE BOX COVER,
YOU WITH FAINT ECHOES OF THE MUSIC OF THE SNOWBIRD,
YOU WHO HAS A CAGED AND COVERED MOUTH,
BECAUSE YOU CANNOT KEEP A SECRET,
YOU WHO WORKS FOR ONLY FOOD AND THE WATER ON YOUR BACK,
I HEAR YOU WHISPERING THOSE SECRETS,
DO NOT LET THE TIMANFAYA HEAR YOUR UTTERANCES OR YOU MAY BURN.