there was a trick
when i was a kid
a needle in the bottom
of an egg and you could
break the yolk
and blow out the contents
left with an empty shell
i wonder who held the needle
and how long did it take
to evacuate my yolk
Tag: hollow
Poem 20150831
we hollow them out
the insides of bones
the insides
where the marrow sits
we hollow them out
we dig with our fingers
through the hollow channels
of our bones
whatever it is
that sits in our bones
whatever it is
the fills the bones up
before we hollow them out
we scoop it out
and make them hollow
using drills made for brownies
and pixies
we honeycomb our hollow bones
and make them lighter
getting rid of–
making ourselves lighter
making ourselves light
and we fly
and we
Words and Feathers 