earth's heartbeat

earth's hidden heart
the so-deep drum
a hard bass center
an always thrum

walk on gravel
mind filled with chatter
hear a crow's beak
its tiny clatter

climb the ladder

go down, deep
stomp now, hard
slide your feet

snap your crack-sharp
bony fingers
sparks shoot out
like fire-bee stingers

whack a washtub
with a mallet
take up wailing
sound like hellcats

smash a window
with a rock
break a timepiece
stop the tock 

slam a pole
against the axe
ask sweet grannie
to play her sax

call in lightening
long jag cracks
knocks us flat
onto our backs

a dark note hums
down in the earth
our spines call out
to rich fiery dirt