An Early Alphabet
—that's who
made me.
Put in a bird, any bird, even an ugly one, a crow for example
or mention bird anatomy
a wing or feather give it a color
put in a bird, make it fly, let it eat
build a nest
add any bird.
Mention a bird skeleton so delicate and light it flies
mention an egg
mention a bird song
mention a bird's cry
mention a raven's beak boiled
please mention the hair black as the raven's wing I carry in my
mouth.
A flock of turkey buzzards, their heads are all red comb, and the bodies. The ugliest birds I'd ever seen. All my life I'd seen them in the sky, circling. Never on the ground. I was 38.
I learned to write so I could describe the world
The birdhouse is empty
say something beautiful about it.