clutched raze i saw you dancing on the other side of a stained glass window. a shadow in the shape of a memory. i made a v with my arms. then a rough diamond. you didn't see me. i held a dying animal against my chest and carried it home, begging my heart to beat for both of us. i lost myself in the warp and weft of streets named for people i'd never known. it took me longer than it should have to find my own. the ailing creature crafted an autoportrait on my bedroom floor, imagining itself as a blue-winged songbird like none i'd seen before. in a world without mirrors, maybe i'd see myself the same way. 240123 what's it to you? who go blather from