Remember the black confetti
of sparrows released into clouds,

and the swivel-headed mantis
rotating its eyes like a madman;

remember the uprooted sapling
leaving its invisible claw in earth,

the double helix of lives
that vanishes with the scythe;

remember a thousand little bells
singing like river angels,

the heaving galaxies lifting
sequins of water from girls’ eyes,

and the pollen of plundered bone
shifting its footprints underground.