ft. knox pt.3

Two moose drown in a toxic pond
At Fort Knox Goldmine.
Stuck in the mud,
Such is reported

In the Daily News Miner.
Above the fold like embezelment,
Larceny or murder,
Bloodstains and oilspills.

My pen seeks out
A darker explanation:
Perhaps two moose
Out of shock and dismay

At the terraced dome
Smashed to sand and sifted
Down to the marrow
Of her holy bones--

Two grief stricken moose
Drowning themselves
In cianide
To protest

The bleeding of the earth
The milking of the stones,
Stealing golden honey
From the hive.