something bad happened
something bad happened but
nobody wants to talk about it

the sky is very blue but
there’s a crack in it

black birds, dead grass
and a brown furry animal
looking for -

well, I don’t know what it’s looking for

and the color red -
it rises up behind the blue
but the blue cuts through it
blunt and deadly square

there’s a little red figure
disappearing behind the sun

I think it’s the witch
but she left her feet behind
so careless in the coarse grass