There is whistling,
the cheery chirp on
a sunflood noon,

then
there is whistling in the dark
a range of different musics –

cheer to fear

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a lone
woman
walks
night down
the street

flux

forms

shift

shadows

light jitters off
silver cans

leaves
scratch dry
along
stone

a boa constrictor

curls
hungry
in
her
throat

small the sound she hears
with her rabbit twitch
cold covered ears-

gathers
a scarf of orange
courage
around
shoulders & neck

her lips oval to an ‘o’
shrill she whistles –

alarms

an army musters
in her legs & arms

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noon day next
she walks
the same street –
down

constrictor lax
spilled silver cans

she whistles
welcome
to the brazen

sun

2015