the court of arbitration is holding

a hearing on the matter

of a proposal for blotting out

the Sun

The Vampire Council

versus

The Morning Glory League

outcome: pending

in the People

versus

Gargantua

the court rules

that violations of scale

are a contravention of the

natural order

outcome: Gargantua

hurled into high-tension

power lines

Nature red in tooth and claw

versus

Sweetness and light

the court rules

to release the bison

onto the freeway

to release the hounds

onto the terminal concourse

run motherfuckers.

in the aggravated matter

of Word

versus

Act

What are you talking about?

this isn't a bridge over an imagined

chasm.

This is looking both ways

before you cross the street.

nobody cares.

the court is on the phone

with Santa right now!

Hello? Is this the North Pole?

Yes, Santa, he's been awful, just awful.

Yes, he agreed to

binding arbitration

to which there is no appeal

but to seek the shade of a well

in the desert

and carefully dip

the discount grasshoppers

from a plastic bag

in honey