EVERYONE iS SO BEAUTIFUL WE SHOULD aPPRECIATE
OUR NATURAL DIFFERENCES INSTEAD OF COmPARInG
CoNStANTLY
OUR DOWNFALLS IN CONTRAST BECAUSE WE ARE
ALL beautiful IN OUR OWN SPECIAL WAYS

Which can be hidden under
jackets and in the belts of
strangers and
make loud noises like the pop
POP
of a chip bag in the cafeteria crash
CRASH
like a dropped bottle thud
THUD
when a door slams shut I think
about the guns which
can **** me and can
Hurt me
and I am very
afraid…

A chicken’s heartbeat is roughly 200 beats per minute,
but that doesn't tell you how it feels
against the palm of your hand
pumpumpumpumpumpumping
how it feels
when such a little heart fills your own

A chicken's body temperature is around 135 degrees Fahrenheit,
but it comes nothing close to the sensation
of seven smaller bodies pressed
against your chin and your chest,
choosing your heat,
your love

A chicken purrs when it feels content,
but that hardly begins to tell
how it feels to be saved from crying at midnight
by a rumbling bird
sitting on your lap
looking into your eyes and sharing,
sharing all there is to be had.