while mother sleeps

 
our fathers say
the earth is dirty
a bloody whore
kill her clean
with clorox
 
while mother sleeps
 
our fathers say
the earth is wild
a mad red wolf
keep us safe
with bullets
 
while mother sleeps
 
our fathers chop
and cut their fur
and carve their
pale smooth faces
in mothers chest
with knives and bombs
 
while mother sleeps
we forget her names  
 
fire-in-the-dark   wolf-woman  
woods-woman  dancer-on-the-grave    
 
bleeding moon and howling wolf
crying wind and shaking tree  
 
our ears deaf to your call
our bones ache to leap
and scream  
 
 
awake
old boulder-toed rock-feet
awake
old oak-thigh magma-pussy
awake
old everest-breast river-roller
awake
awake
awake