Soft Violence

Silent lightning

Sounds of distant

Jazz horns 

Blowing at 

Midnight

Like trying to give

A message of

Heartbreak 

To everyone 

At once,

Cooing

—But in soft 

Violence

More uttered

Or maybe mumble

Through gritted teeth

And split reeds

And slips through

Bars of rain to

Whisper secrets in

Beautiful warm

Ears.