The Elephant Doctor (Circles)

For me (1 – 7)

four moons for patriots to decide on
five shades of partially belonging to truth
where are riddles that take us home
when we were alone and misty
shaped like boundaries for elephants
shaped like silhouettes of ships in the sky
never different from parenthood and aging

found to raise a son named Golden
whether blessed or corrupted
it will be between him and God
but with such a name as Golden
God will have to test him
And if God must test him
God will be watching over him

in time the day when I am ill
with DNR tattooed on my chest
the timing of my passage to the front
will coincide with God watching Golden
and bringing me to the tide of collapse
where all the elephants are rejoicing
long have they waited to smile at me