join
ovenbird Starlings
in their breeding plumage
tell me how they were named.

The night sky spills
across their spangled breasts
and they sing
their luminous songs
to the morning.

I wait to see what light will fall
across my shadowed face,
what iridescence
will spill
into my open hands.

Take me into the heart
of your winged undulation
where every shape we make
is a mystery
before we forge it,
where every movement
is a response
to irrepressible joy.

I want to forget that it is possible
to be alone. Let my body be
cumulus, let me
lose the thread
of where I end
and we
begin.
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