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Raven’s Treat

Raven comes to my garden
in the cool green evening
head cocked and shiny,
feet wired to strawed earth.

He sips flat brown beer
from a muddy slug trap,
fishes out with scissor-sharp beak
the slugs that slid in last night.

A fine fellow always full of fancy,
he throws his dark head back,
letting the slugs slime down
his throat like raw oysters.

Raven tells me how tasty they are,
slowly marinated like this,
in barley malt
and warm sunshine,

and laughs how they are,
in fact, fat, juicy reincarnated
bar flies that couldn’t
resist “just one more.”

Crop-full, he dances boisterously,
a flickering shadow on golden straw,
cackling and crackling,
spitting out grim haiku,

cawing each one twice, each one twice:
My obsidian
eyes splash rivulets of black,
dim the fragile dusk.

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from Into Light: The Poems of M. D. Friedman, released January 1, 2024

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Mad Dog Friedman | Mad Dog Blues | Peddlers of Joy Lafayette, Colorado

Mad Dog writes from the moment and sings from his heart. His influences include sources as divergent as William Butler Yeats & the delta blues. His songwriting is sincere, simple & often humorous. He has recorded many solo & collaborative projects featuring his spontaneous compositions on harmonica, Native American flute & Theremin. He is also the founder of Mad Dog Blues & The Astral Project. ... more

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