– a warning label seen on a windowsill
keep their ears clean of wind
which like the piper’s song
will draw them out
they will see the sky, the trees
and push through
making their fingers like leaves
keep child away from window
they’ll live in the bushes
and fatten like berries
they’ll burrow in the monkey grass
and lie folded on each other
like sleeping petals
they will bathe in rivers
and learn to howl and yelp
and sing to the moon
they’ll pull up houses
from piles of stone
and light fires at dusk
keep child away from window
they’ll lap up the rain
and stomp their music into the earth
they will lie awake ‘til morning
eaten up with light
they will burn like stars
