oyster

(fragment from a handheld device)

these accretions

stronger than the rock

to which they bind

supposition

the air is surely thick

with the ghosts of birds

the air is surely coloured by arc and swoop

clouded by song and call

the earth is surely syruped

with birdblood

the earth is surely torn by talon and beak

and made ragged with soft feathers

the air is surely heated by their falling

and carcasses must nest

in the cool earth.

     and with every breath

most surely,  the ghosts

of birds

fragment from a handheld #4

how bright and quick

we burn

such brisance