the wind blows over the lake
invisible muscles move the bones
rotate and lift the wings of the crane
launching and crying
seeking a mate or a child
the second and the fifth
evolve
the mountain bellows thunder
snow covered and silent at this distance
what you feed yourself
what you feed others
reveals your heart
without a scalpel
eat what you want, but
words enter through the eye
and exit through the mouth
Tag: i ching
shih/the army (20170115)
these parasites and guardian angels
swarm in my guts, hum in my skull
a force to be reckoned with
small green army men cast in my own image
dig wells, harvest springs
bound in chains light enough to work in
there are keys but not all bonds are
slavery
immoveable feast (20160719)
the outside should be hard
the inside soft
like a marshmallow wrapped
in a tortoise shell
once used to foretell the future
something fatty
something greasy
something brittle that will
shatter between my molars
i long to grind it up
powder the marrow
against my teeth
saving the last part
the blood part
for the end
when the eighth month comes
there will be hunger
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Words and Feathers 