palingenesis, shapeshifter,
I take the deer antler for a
backscratcher, self-masochism
draw blood, metamorphosis, her
fingernails claw into layers of my flesh,
ripping to sinew, deer tines score a
timeline of reincarnation, digging into
the connected levels of the soul to get
to their roots,

the bones with the brain marrow that is within them
the sinews
the flesh
the skin

the shed deer antler
just lay there in the
discarded oak leaves
this fall, it had a purpose,
to draw blood to life of an
entire root, the new soul
comes from the aspect
of sinew, the others have
reincarnated with me from
flesh, I have the ability to
rejuvinate them...the group soul.


Copyright 12/27/2009 Ms. Sage Sweetwater, firebrand lesbian novelist