Sunday, December 29, 2024

I Cough Up Black Feathers (December 2024)

 

you are so gnarled in my heart 

every factoid and fragment thickly knotted

amidst my veins and arteries 

this may sound fleshy and messy but rest assured 

all of my you is stowed away in the crow’s nest in my chest 

you are the air i breathe and the reason i cough up black feathers 

you’re the reason i’ve acquainted myself with the left side of my shower and you’re the reason I buy the cans of Campbells that feed not one but two

my flesh against yours let us role into one ball of clay with no more cracks 

the only spaces are the gaps between your teeth that sorta whistle when you laugh 

your soul sings through the slots 

and i twist the cord of my koss sterephones around my finger like a girl

I’m giddy for the first time in ages 

 


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