I told a story that was funny and cruel
words pulling each other further out over
the comic distortions are tragic in the flesh
- images made real for you
by this magic
the hunchback hitching into town
finds a unicorn lying down in the long grass
its eye rolling
he approaches slowly
hears my words rushing by like traffic
he holds the creature
where the truck
broke it
and for the first time
feels a real fear for this planet
