Sutra
Lang Kanai
When you look out the window, you should be happy
Because you’re looking at yourself.
Cheer for the crow, scratching his little ear,
The venom headed snake undressing behind an elm,
That man in his fancy house who looks down on you.
You are literally Lebron James and Galileo,
Your enemy’s enemy (you) and your enemy’s friend (you as well),
An egg mansion, hatched inside coils of itself, smiling in circles.
The bible (you) can’t lie: man was made in man’s image.
Because you’re looking at yourself.
Cheer for the crow, scratching his little ear,
The venom headed snake undressing behind an elm,
That man in his fancy house who looks down on you.
You are literally Lebron James and Galileo,
Your enemy’s enemy (you) and your enemy’s friend (you as well),
An egg mansion, hatched inside coils of itself, smiling in circles.
The bible (you) can’t lie: man was made in man’s image.
Lang Kanai is a Palauan nature photographer and poet based in Los Angeles. Lang’s writing has appeared in National Geographic and his high school quarterly. He is from Silver Spring, MD.
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