Reduced to scars around the eyes,

craters and religious stones,

that I have learned about from listening to the radio

That I have seen by not listening to the radio.

Don’t let any drip out, relinquish

all of it.

any of it.

Before it disappears into vapor or into mist,

before the ravens become too monstrous

and before the ravenous become too famished

and have nothing left to feed on,

peck at,

bleed on,

or even drink.

In times of famine,

catch the tiger by his toe.

In times of famine,

catch any of that tiger

catch all of that tiger.