Mono Ku Ku

if Basho’s frog jumps and no one hears the splash katydids quarrel does the sound of one hand clapping surprise the wind cold mountain winds an eerie sound of echoes humming to themselves a brown tinged cornfield withers in the heat as scarecrows weep an empty birdfeeder rattles in the breeze a patient cat waits city thunderstorm awakened asphalt artist oily painted rainbows John G. Lawless ©5/31/20225