1.
A house was parked
floating
on a vineyard where
scarecrows frowned upon a funeral.
The mother said,
“And this is where you were made –”
pointing to the area
between
her legs.
2.
That winter,
corn stalks
and cactus leaves
coexisted.
The child pictured
a machine
fueled
by wax and steel,
by jars of small glass eyes –
3.
And he pointed to where
he buried a vessel
where the roots
of unseen cactus
could feast
on the young.