Mrs. O'Leary's Cow

for MKW

be sure to listen for satanic messages
in the ordinary conversations
friends, to be honest
there comes time when the weaver
out of pure confoundment
has to tear out her work
down to the first strand
in terror to determine its origin
this erasure is the same for all of us
we black out the print we don’t want
from our daily news
we cut pieces out and paste together
the saga of our self-worth
from one simple comment