heaviness raze we two are hemmed in by the hull of this landlocked aircraft. while we hope for rations to arrive, he plants himself in the soft sod between my legs and pins me to our bed. i feel the heaviness of him. breathe in the putrid perfume of his hurried gasps and groans. in the aftermath, i carry the words i've written to steer myself from speaking them. six spiral notebooks in a backpack, black and unblemished. my curved spine straightened by the weight of it all. i am a flightless bird embalmed by the belly of a bigger bird that swallowed me whole when i stood too long staring at a shiver of stars, waiting for the moon to show. the hymn that keeps me holding on is far too cruel to crow. 260404 what's it to you? who go blather from