I Heard (redux)

I heard a Colombian river was full of cocaine hippos.

I heard we’ve passed 7 of the 9 thresholds that make earth habitable for human life.

I heard hard times are coming.

I heard we can lose ourselves in augmented reality instead.

I heard the clunking of skulls into a multi-tiered pyramid.

I heard the cuckoo’s call before the theft of the thrush’s eggs.

I heard your footfalls as you left.

I heard your heels like hammers clacking into the haze.

What I’m Reading:

“I’ve tried to be more Romantic, it does nu good for me / So I tek a Reggae Riddim an build me poetry,”

— Benjamin Zephaniah / “City Psalms”