loons raze cousin to the cormorant. your white belly and webbed feet hidden by home. leaves and pine needles. moss and mud. your child on the crest of your back. inchoate and grey. small as the pebbles you swallow from the lake's lowest point to crush the cartilage of your prey as their bodies move through yours. you share the same spear-shaped nose. your eyes are banked coals, and when you part the bones of your bill to wail, they shine. 220822 what's it to you? who go blather from