“There is a separation / between life and death / where [feathers] grow // and that is where I want to go / this weekend,” paraphrasing Padgett
screech
in green darkness
and
stamp
my
talons
wet
leafy flesh
the
master has built
there
will be
many bones
a small mouthful
of mouse
a
fatty
bite
missing
for
a
snow day
officials think they remained so
at the campus discovering mice
The snake
discovered beside missing students
the
campus
trained the
snake was dangerous and determined
the snake was locked
The snake
was locked.
The snake
discovered dead
missing
the door
weighted
lid
missing
from its cage
mice
eyes out.