SO SPEAK MY MUSE
FIVE POEMS BY FRANK T RIOS
Selected Work by Venice Poets

so speak
my Muse
the bellow
of the bark
the secret
mutterings
of the inner
mouth
the cracking
of the stem
in the darkest nite
the stillness
of the little mouse
as he licks the blood
off his injured paw
the empty breathing
of the world outside

& you & me
on this page
like blood
on an injured paw