Kurt Philip Behm

Tashunka Witko—Beyond Self (+1)

A man clad in mystery,

history would learn

 

His face on the mountain,

immortality earned

 

A man from tomorrow,

reliving today

 

Intrepidly fated

—truth on display

 

 

(Crazy Horse Monument: May, 2008)

 

 

 

Self-Infliction

 

Explosion, implosion,

tomorrow is gone

 

A new self-destruct mode,

old enemies throng

 

We’re now on the poster,

PUBLIC ENEMY ONE

 

The canaries all dead

—with zero the sum

 

 

(The New Room: March, 2021)

 

 

 

Robins Return

 

The bark of eternity,

an armoring sure

 

An oak or a maple,

their majesty pure

 

Below their dark cover,

time circles in rings

 

Where destiny spirals

—as residents sing

 

(Martha Brown’s Woods: March, 2021)