once, there was a bird inside my house
blue tailed and yellow bellied
not big enough to be much of anything at all
i had to hold it in my hands to let it out
it was so light i couldn’t feel anything but its taloned feet
digging softly into my palms
and perhaps the sharpest parts of ourselves
make the only impression that lasts.
Jul 6, 2020
Jul 6, 2020 at 12:54 PM UTC
once, there was a bird inside my house
blue tailed and yellow bellied
not big enough to be much of anything at all
i had to hold it in my hands to let it out
it was so light i couldn’t feel anything but its taloned feet
digging softly into my palms
and perhaps the sharpest parts of ourselves
make the only impression that lasts.
title taken from a quote by Anne Carson