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Epiphany of a Dead Bird
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An ominous bubbling is boiling unphraseable,
knotting and twisting and rotting, untraceable,
questioning, beckoning, panting, unfaceable,
asking me am I mature.

I answer within myself “No. But I want to be.
Spread these bald winglets and soar to infinity!
Retch up this mush that’s already been chewed for me!
LIVE!  Not just merely endure.”

That bubbling something that comes in the spring-time-love
poisoning, deadening, eating the joy thereof
brings me to nest-side at 1000 foot cliff-tops (shove)
daring to prove adulthood.

Now, half way down, flightless, the rocks rushing up at me,
flapping bare twig-wings as if I believe in me,
bubbling stopping, one clear thought occurs to me.
Feathers will do me no good.

For, never were feathered things needed for happpiness.
Bald, twiggy things are what make a nest happy nest.
Feathers bring bubblings leaving twigs more distressed.
STAYINTHENEST!
 TooLate.
splat
 
 


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 Reviews of "Epiphany of a Dead Bird"
Reviewed by Charlie
Reviewed on September 6, 2007
read that last word to mean epiphany and you've got an entirely new poem--right?
I'm surprised people laughed at this poem. I think it has a lot to say about the angst of coming of age.
Ciao,
Cheryl

Reviewed on July 14, 2007
Leo, Leo, Leo!

Captivating, Poe-esque in a dark Stephen King humor...I like it! Yes! Hypnotic, one doesn't just read, they get sucked. IN! Well done, I'ma trackin' YOU! Two (so far) poems here, and they are dynaMITE!! Welcome to the Den, BTW. You're among friends. If no one else reads ya, know William Cryer and I will.

(((HUGS))) and love, Karla.

Reviewed by William Cryer (Reader)
Reviewed on July 13, 2007
I'll be damned! Your poem gave me the most uproarious case of guffaws I've had in quite a while. More!


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