Danny Gentile #3

The cow that came home from verse_. Not a camel.

That would be too obvious. And drinking too often is

a slap in the face for both of us. Who has the right?

The camel passes by, chewing cud; exhausted.

The cow carves the air with its bell. Enough said.

We have dined with, and of both, with the beginning

rested on the end piece of a word. A drink, to the

gravel bitten through us in so many ways. A drink,

but who drinks of the dead? The camel is not committed.