Barbarossa, 1.

Outside of Tlemcem, they
took Oruch's silver arm,
and nailed him to a wall,
headless.

His severed head had
a happy journey, and from
now on, the texts tell us,
it was called
THE GREEN BEE:

The green bee went hissing
inside the big cat's stomach
trailing a long limp noodle
like a turban in dispair.

There is evidence
that dirty laundry
is also thought, or
like tickertape
nearly drowned, or
piled up in 'plagues'
as in so many goddamned
infernal associations.

The Cat is really big
and has absolutely no
digestion problems.

"The Green Bee,"
though rotten,
is now a popular tune.