made my body out of birds
found in the kitchen sink
all sad and smothered
drowned in the milk from my cereal
and when you came inside me
you could hear them singing
and some odd months later
half ghost as i lay beside you
i heard you hum that sweet song in your sleep
and felt my chest become a birdcage
ribs whistling like whale bones
i opened up and ****** you in
to sing to me forever