dog_eared
ovenbird
If
I
were
a
book
I
would
invite
you
to
write
in
the
margins
.
I
would
ask
you
to
dip
feather
tips
in
ink
and
leave
no
page
untouched.
I
want
your
words
to
define
all
my
edges,
the
loops
and
curls
of
your
hand
adorning
the
place
where
self
meets
other
.
When
I
flip
through
my
own
pages
I
want
to
see
the
splashed
and
blotted
evidence
of
you
on
every
one
.
I
’m
not
meant
to
be
kept
pristine.
Break
my
spine
,
dog
-ear
all
my
corners,
let
the
glue
that
binds
me
crumble
to
dust
in
your
hands
,
start
again
until
you
know
me
by
heart
.
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go
blather
from