HERZOGS PENGUIN AT THE MOUNTAINS OF MADNESS

i always
think of

herzogs penguin

his long lonely trek
away from the flock
past the hinterland base camp

& 
on 
to 
the 
foodless mountains

~

i always 
think of

herzogs penguin

when the coffees strong
or my brain finds 
its one working gear

~

herzogs penguin
is
an anecdote
i tell myself
xanaxed shallow
in
the
nights
long
wheeze

~

herzogs penguin
at the mountains of madness

i hope his
tall brothers
look
out
for
him

Encounters at the End of the World - from zmescience.com

ANTARCTIC LONER

electric eye
and 
german director
and
crew
in a land of aztec palms and twilight guitars
film a penguin 
heading away from his collective noun

returned to them/he leaves again

inland/toward mountains and death

alert a base camp a few km inland
and 
catch footage as he passess

determined
steady
alone

inland/toward mountains

and

death