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hollow bones for an open sky.

January 6, 2023
By per PLATINUM, Spartanburg, South Carolina
per PLATINUM, Spartanburg, South Carolina
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Favorite Quote:
"I am not young enough to know everything" - Oscar Wilde


in my bones
knocked a carmine-crested cardinal.
my ribcage a latched
cage for
the songbird.

he's a chambermaid
for my hollow head,
tucking the corners
and dusting the creaky windowsill
in a plaid waistcoat.

he didn't expect
turbulence, with
suitcase and DNR
in arm, yet he wiped his
drooping eyes and flew.


The author's comments:

this was vaguely inspired by the wonderful novel "i know why the caged bird sings" by Maya Angelou. 

 

- p.e.r


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