Rumbling Rafters

" Rumbling Rafters "

by Suzán Jiván

for The Poets on WXPN's
" Live at the Writers House "

I

An affront to sovereignty
under the provinces
of the Pentagon

II

As drones buzz over the little-known
in unnoticed
unarmed and unmanned aircrafts

III

Foreshadowing examples
of handfuls
of the last man standing

IV

Beneath
the rumbling rafters
of a whistling psychopath...