the hound

by Roberto Lavidez

the thousand

mysterious

wet smells

of the night

illuminate

moments

in the last

million years

of human

evolution

the door

of time

is thrown

wide open

like the sun

was coming

out again

grazing

pastures

and fields

of grain

stretching to

the horizon

forces

irresistibly

drawn toward

one another

designed

to purify

men and

make them

start afresh

small dark

squiggles

in the

emptiness

dazzled

puzzled and

infuriated

at the

expense

of the

entrenched

global

hierarchy

actors for

social order

denigrate

the cultural

world of the

defeated

as some

prophets

of new

civilization

argue

some people

are more or

less equal

than others

just as

the hound

serving as

intermediary

between

hunter

and hares

explains his

subsequent

metamorphosis

or rather his

colossal effort

of coming to

terms with

oneself

©robertolavidez2014