JADE DRAGON

Ambition
is the name of this jade dragon
perched on the highest shelf
and rolling into the pockets
of your green pool table.

Ambition,
this dragon
eats thunder
yawning lightning out
for a canope of glitter
over shattered glass.

Ambition
stretches out his jade neck
to be a light house
made of asbestos
to guide you through
the map with no names.

Ambition,
this dragon
with scales of razors
is flailing like an insect
under the skin
of your hot-air balloon.