below

[Tiger the Lion]

                gray sky, thin as a
leastwise sun splatters a silver peso behind cloud
over                      head
                    between eyes and cerulean promise
we imagine
             sentience around us
                                          but fail
when we touch ground
feet like                     death’s glue
                                                  a thousand glances long
                  crossed against rotting wood, dead grass

simply told
restless scars itch                   to tell
                                   unending green stories
versus crow eyed, revolving 
                                        surrender

The section I highlighted is simply delicious phrasing. The white space used to enjamb "itch" and "to tell" is perfect. It takes "scars" from a regular noun into a personified noun with almost no effort. Well done. I like to play with white space and line breaks so it's super obvious to me when it's done well. Anyway. I meant the entire phrase. not just that one highlight. It's Haikuish by itself.