Aug 2012
an overhead crow
flat on my back
in the loft
of my uncle’s
barn
where I
thought to please
my father
and resolved
I would not
be like
my shadow
she who
upright
confessed
so loudly
that her heart
flew
into a quiet
sky
and she collapsed
angel scene*
when on the path
some small
unnamed
creature
senses
the oblivious
coming
of a man
and wishes
in its own
animal way
to be called
into ash
or bush
flat on my back
in the loft
of my uncle’s
barn
where I
thought to please
my father
and resolved
I would not
be like
my shadow
she who
upright
confessed
so loudly
that her heart
flew
into a quiet
sky
and she collapsed
angel scene*
when on the path
some small
unnamed
creature
senses
the oblivious
coming
of a man
and wishes
in its own
animal way
to be called
into ash
or bush
