alien
to spoonfed
angel
three teeth
if that
into ceremony / how early
one must be
to not
exist
I was wrong
about the crow
and crow
forgave, still
no s
in psalm
I had the longest dream
you were there and mom
was in your head
our pets had all gone blind
dad was bathing
a baby jesus
in the basket
of a bike
I began to forget
things, the toy
that ate
its young
no name
for what
I name
I’m
the news
I get
–
she couldn’t
bring herself
in life
to talk
to the kids
she had
–
wounded in the whiteness of god,
his brother was a helicopter
they called
tornado
–
a sack
of kittens
the swimmer’s
gold
I had a doll
kept me
from believing
in sunburn, ideas
for the same
church
there is a god
but you’ve more
than one
birthplace
I held the puppet down
father
he cut
a deeper
ear, hunger
ours
was going
bald
sister
breathing
on my food
in the church
of the plastic
bag
if the clothes
don’t fit
you’re under
a microscope
his brother’s
dreams
are made
of wax
in the not
dream
of deserving
birth
three
beakless
creatures
open
the mother’s
mouth
more
are coming
just
to observe
