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bird with no feathers

from wood, burning by Corvus B.

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I was a bird with no feathers
only warm from external sources
fell from my home a while before the ground became something to leave
I was a bird with no feathers
only warm from external sources
fell from my home a while before the ground became something to leave
instead of something to break me

the blood on my knees parting
as my fingers probed for cobwebs in my teeth
learning my body from the places I bleed
putting makeup in wounds as a way of healing
I’d never been conscious until you told me I should be
now you keep dying in my sleep
and I wake up hoping it was me
the person you didn’t think to leave out
left deep in the gutters of a house, abandoned and burning down
what I’d do to release these feathers and call out

a coffin you’ll never grow out from
born into the mold of your hips, catch it stunting your growth
I have holes where I’ve sprung apart
bones only break wood if they’re tough enough
from outside this black box you can hear me cough
from inside I’ll hold my tongue

cover it up with a quilt
acting like eyelids, I know you despise this
but healing is much harder when felt

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from wood, burning, released March 5, 2018

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Corvus B. Massachusetts

queer spoken folk from the mouth of the Merrimack River

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