A gogyohka sequence for Frank Tassone’s weekly challenge

in the field

a tattered man

of sticks and rags

silent stands beneath a sky

heavy with crows

heavy clay the orange earth

and sky grey

slicked with orange light

furrowed field full of crows

no bundle of sticks will scare

I watch you

with your helpless hands

and sightless face

that feels neither sun nor rain

scorned even by the birds