One Of The Flock

Verdant (Anthology)
Truth Serum Press (Vol. 5) July 2020

He never really knows which curve

will hide the flock of wild turkeys
that almost every morning
struts and pecks its way across
from field to field, either
oblivious to or ignorant of traffic,
intent on only what can be
found and eaten, whatever it is
that turkeys, long before sunrise,
seek.
         All he really wants, driving

away from his bed, driving away 

from anything bedlike and restful,
is another day of certainty about
anything; another reassurance
that goals can be obtained; 

that, like him, the sun will rise;

that grass can indeed be greener.