A MUTATION OF THRUSHES

like a flock of birds
or a pod of dolphins
a bellowing of bullfinches
a fling of dunlings
like a mob of kangaroos
a brood of hens
a bazaar of guillemots
just like a band of jays
a shrewdness of apes
a deceit of lapwings

like a
a host of sparrows
a trip of wildfowles
a mutation of thrushes
like an army of ants
an ostention of peacocks
a down of rabbits
like a rumba of ratllesnakes
a run of salmon
a bob of seals

like a kettle of hawks
a nest of hornets
a gam of whales
a quiver of cobras
a dole of doves
a shoal of shads
a company of angel fish
a glint of goldfish
a knot of toads

DID YOU EVER HAVE A GO ?
EVERYONE MUST HAVE A GO
IT'S YOUR NEXT PENROSE STEP
the ONES WHO HAVE SPENT THEIR TIME ON EARTH
HAVE A DIFFERENT KIND OF GLOW
YOU PUT IT ON HOLD
BUT SOON YOU'RE GIVEN BIRTH
YOU LEAVE EVERYTHING
SAY GOODBYE TO YOUR WORLDS
ALL YOUR WORLDS
ALL YOUR PRETTY LITTLE WORLDS

like a bloat of hippopotami
a warren of wombats
a zeal of zebras
like a generation of vipers
a bale of turtles

streak of tigers
a glean of herring
a hover of trout
a wisdom of owls

a murmuration of starlings
a dray of squirrels
a spring or a harem of seals
like a drove of sheep
a leash of foxes
a skein of geese
a tower of giraffes
a knot of frogs
a memory of elephants
a weyr of dragons

SO YOU DECIDE TO HAVE A GO
AND EVERYBODY HAS TO KNOW
IT'S YOUR TIME
all the ones that have SPENT THEIR TIME ON EARTH
HAve A DIFFERENT KIND OF FLOW
SO YOU THOUGHT THAT YOU JUST MIGHT
LET GO OF HOLDING LIGHT
WE HAVE THE SAME THOUGHT AT THE SAME
TIME AFTER TIME
NEVER RUNNING OUT OF TIME

our movements trace
invisible patterns
we draw in the sky
using no eyes
a living matrix
hexagonal
atonal
a framework of sound
as we're letting you down
a shower of rain
a bevy of ladies
a blush of boys
an ambush of toys
a den of thieves
a coven of witches
a worship of READS
a curse of painters

like a conspiracy of ravens
like a brace or flush of ducks
A MASK OF RACCOONS
a crash of rhinos
a mute of hounds
a warren of rabbits

a turn of turtles
like a shiver of sharks
a SPAN OF MULES
a school of sea stars
a gulp of cormorants

so zebrine,
so hipptigrine
so eranaceine
so helminthic
and so formic
anisopterian
iguanine
pteropine
so it seem
so galagine
so perfect
so hyenine

ALL THE ONES THAT HAVE SPENT THEIR TIME ON EARTH
THEY’VE LIVED LIVES YOU'LL NEVER KNOW
NOW YOU WANT TO GO DOWN THERE
THOUGH YOU KNOW IT WILL HURT
LET GO OF YOUR WORLDS