last minute minutes

I.
The shepherd
Slumped standing
Amongst the leaves
Waving to the new life
Wrapped in the bark
And permanent
In standing
And permanent
In relationship
To the
Sky

II.
She begs venom
And the gravel groans
Furiously as her stockings
Stutter in mud
And her sense
Of what's up and what's down
Is breathless amongst
The winds of summer

III.
Let me lessen your load
The breathless simpleton heard
We're the feeble
We're the slow
We're the unoriginal dumb
We're caught in summer
Where stupid is believing
And the standing might
Outlast the sun