Cockatoo screech cleaves

sedate suburbia

rough-throated cackle

sky thrust asunder in hot maw.

Wings tear seam of fence lines

cut and stake becomes tangled brawl

racket seeps edgeways, uncorralled.

Dandelion loosens tectonic concrete

becomes planet of seeds that ride wind

and lodge dreams of fields gold-weaved.

Body acoustic that reaps joy

wishbone and chamber of soft flesh.

Our hearts want yawp and song

to breach awkward casings

and make red ecstasy.