Thursday, March 3, 2011

The time I wasn’t invited to Tirzah’s Birthday Party

Left to my injury, I crucified

a toad, watched his face for any sign of pain.

I saw breathing and a gauze daisy blossom

in his eyes. Hurt when you’re hurt, dogs

know, and tigers, and any tornado. Pick a windstorm

stomping in the yard, knocking on a locked door—

who needs you guys, he uproots all the phlox,

hangs two foxes and a catfish from the spires

of a barbed wire fence.

 

 

 

 

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