5/1
the slowness of turtles is as green as lime

and turns the camel orange

their humps are pregnant with new words

turtles   oranges and camels

hide sustenance & succulence

under round rinds
Note:  “Que conversas con las naranjos” – “that which chats with the oranges”
7
the sad mind of doves is full of stops

that reap war’s loss

the head of the cote maps the way to extinction

so we may enjoy companions on the way

a dove knows peace only when dead

leopard-wars begin in every spot

the landscape of death is taught so doves

and leopards can find their way home

the swallows left behind are cared for

by householders with lives

swallows write poems in the sky

for their last dusk-time flight
6/2
the intensity of the eclipse

reveals the gynoecium

at the centre of our star

burns for ash

and clouds of imagination
~
the number of bees in a day

is equal to the number of seeds

in a sunflower that shines on you