Probability of the Sparrow

By Rodney Gómez
The body wicks
away its nest, leaves

sediment. In salt
the silhouette of a wolf

or a sheepshead. Who
knows who steals bones

if  not the connoisseur
of  bones, and who drops

a crank behind the body
if  not the one who drains

the river bed? In unrest,
buzzards. Or a flat

line. The probability
of  sparrows a spark

between two enemy pistons.
A dirigible built

solely for the grave.