Under the sop to Cerberus
The calculating brain calculated his death
His labour
Went over the moon
Just like the moron cow
His milk was the kindness
Higher but colder than the elements.
Poet, philosopher, and family farmer, Charles Noble divides his time between Banff and Nobleford, Alberta. His most recent books are Sally O: Selected Poems and Manifesto (Thistledown press, 2009) and Death Drive Through Gaia Paris (University of Calgary Press, 2007). He won the Writers Guild of Alberta poetry award for his collection Wormwood, Vermouth, Warphistory (Thistledown Press, 1995).