Ted Hughes

Hughes, Edward James 1930-1999  (seed)

Rooting in the midden
I found his blinking eyes

Uncovered vision
Out of his head
Just two months dead

Shocked
I said
god
what do you see in it
this pile of shit

He said
underground
I’m afraid
it’s the other eye

Crow’s
I said
yes
he said

I saw
Seeds of vision
Planted

And that was it
I buried him 

You couldn’t leave them uncovered
Could you 

Just looking

Cornered

©justWords, Thomas Albert Fox.

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