I promise you this            intention

an international

sense

                       of compassion in

alternating
layers              (languages)

fog horns in the middle of a day

I hear this beyond

                       traffic   and   snow

among snowy things

an eye of

intent

        layers of the absurd
        dramatic inquiry

toss me that hat
dear
    
        let us parade
        our affiliations
      
directed toward
or among

spaces between ally

                        enemy

                        hyperbole

                        and the like