Broken Bottles Captured in Spider Webs

Verbal monitory systems thrive.

The sound of rose petals falling
to cement, bees following downward,
from honeycomb castles, to imbibe
the last of the precious juice spilling
from testimonial warning razor slits
with cigarettes and coffee mornings.

Amish bump along the highways
in their black buggies, horses pull
bats out of holes in barns and houses

like broken bottles captured in spider webs