SJ Fowler’s poem Taxidermy Poem 1 appeared here in July 2011.
Taxidermy Poem 2
By SJ Fowler
By SJ Fowler
(Pact)
-O Yahweh!
their killer dogs looked us over with curiosity
-O levi baaram batzi Tzion
in a strange land
–Genrikh Sapgir
the camp blueprints show seventeen huts
built on the downward southern slope
of the rubbish tip near Clichy-sur-seine
after clashes between the people & the police
the camps are systematically cleared
the Roma are resettled
we hope they don’t become in anyway
ill
I help them clear the loiterers & I have fun doing so
Gypsies taste of robbery & pity
my paws dawdle
at the speed of my teeth
{this is the Dobermann}
