Hanta Yo Three

the bird branch twig is broken
so move it along
on the trail where the sun fell down in shattered needles
for the patterns on your fur where light came through so long
to the perch of rotting logs for wood bug beetles

i do admit it's getting better all the time
my motor mouth is busy celebrating
the misty mountain hop and blanket bounty vines
ten knuckles wrap around the nest i'm raiding

so one two we see hanta yo three
for the bird breath cat is me
my coat is made of autumn leaves all dying on their branches
when they die i rise a phantom wise
i've lost my life so many times
so many times that i see that the cat with the bird breath mouth is me

oh bird brain here perch low enough to feel my breath
so you can see my whiskers while you're singing
my what feathers have you grown like all the rest
below your tree i'll wait with what i'm bringing

and the roar you feel as i come close
that rumble has taste took from the meadow in the distance
i was hungry early on, this much is true
and one moment rearranges our existence

so one two we see hanta yo three
for the cat with the bird breath mouth is me
pet me in the wrong way
scratch and the bloody [___?] paw is the gift i've granted
one two three we'll meet where the sky meets paper meets pen meets probably
cling to the branch we'll see and the bird breath cat when the sky is slanted

clear the way, hanta yo doth say it
and the third time we displayed it
as death and destruction things fall apart sometimes

for the blood that's trapped in veins
and the oxygen it claims
here's dark at the door and the bell on its red ship chimes
so the branch is broke in two
and the only thing left to do
recollect yourself, put a face on tattered and true

for the stars are your eyes
and the universe your and to clear the way wide will in fact let it all come through

so hanta yo three we one two see that the bird breath cat is we
sing a small song when you fly on by
i'm flattened by the freeway
one two three we'll meet when my breath's complete
and my eyes have forgotten me
go to the big blank void
you're finally free