Out Like a Lamb

Monkey Mind

There is a baboon
in the brain of me a bark
a bite the bounding
hop, limb to hippocampus
treed by predators
         imagined into being

there is a brass band
in the heart of me a jump
a drum the booming
jazz, ear to the aorta
chambered in fanfares
         applauded into beating

there is a seraph
in the soul of me a soft
a still the quiet
sound, spoken to the sprit
sung over primates
         shushed into a silence - for
         even monkey minds must sleep.



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April 19—Define or celebrate a word or concept

From "Poetry Forms" 
Naga Utu

You can make a Naga Uta as long as you like.
The Naga Uta is a syllabic poem, a variation of five and seven syllables per line is used to write it.

The lines vary in this order...5/7/5/7/5/7 etc.
The Naga Uta ends with ...5/7/7

There is no rhyme required in the Naga Uta.