Crow and Mama

    Scorched¹ to a stump².

    When he laughed she wept

    Blood her breasts her palms her brow all wept blood.

    He tried a step， then a step， and again a step -

    Every one scarred her face for ever.

    When he burst out in rage

    She fell back with an awful gash³ and a fearful cry.

    When he stopped she closed on him like a book

    On a bookmark， he had to get going.

    He jumped into the car the towrope

    Was around her neck he jumped out.

    He jumped into the plane but her body was jammed in the jet -

    There was a great row， the flight was cancelled.

    He jumped into the rocket and its trajectory⁴

    Drilled clean through her heart he kept on

    And it was cosy⁵ in the rocket， he could not see much

    But he peered out through the portholes at Creation

    And saw the stars millions of miles away

    And saw the future and the universe

    Opening and opening

    And kept on and slept and at last

    Crashed on the moon awoke and crawled out

    Under his mother's buttocks.