Tuesday, September 19, 2017

No More Birds

My emptiness is a violated cookie jar.

My silence is an empty cookie jar.

My emptiness is a silent cookie jar.

My emptiness is my father’s hot face
moments after his fist let go.

My emptiness is a discharged bolt gun
my father’s thick finger
the cow’s body somewhere in the woods
it’s eyes still open.

My silence is an empty cookie jar.

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