Sunday, April 08, 2007

BellumLetters #8

birdbox

1.

no arrival, only the construct

a tethered thing, a lid
to lift

2.

wood from the sea
where birds are made
wood box

the saw
through


white tail
tip
blade feather

box of knives
box of beds

3.

thermometer for blood making

syringe, feeder

drained and piled
faceless wings

shaped to slip, flesh grip
soft and bone

glass on stone
tip red tip

knock on bone
without breath

________

outside, too
a life stretch
brown and moving
eye, wing stitch
the missing sound
boxless

_________________

4.

sad neck, deflated
unfrozen and soft

homeless, three
sisters
missing home
tapered tail to tip

unlidded
without flight

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is this real?