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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what's it to you?
who
go
blather
from