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I want to sleep
all day tomorrow I want to wake up at night and smile because another day has disappeared when I was a child I used to save things cats with distemper abandoned dogs moths caught in the light a baby bird with its unsteady big head fallen from a tree no mama bird in sight I saved it in a shoe box stayed up at night it died anyway I gave it some doll's baby blue blanket I dug worms with my hands to feed it but it wouldn't eat after it was gone I heard its mother's sad song she stayed in the same tree but eventually she stopped singing how sad that her baby died in a shoe box listening to New Kids on the Block even then I sucked as a mother I buried the baby bird in the backyard under the tree with a troll doll so it wouldn't be alone I went on to harvest frogs and toads that escaped or died in the dark recesses of my room I used to sing when I was a child when I was in love even though I can't carry a tune I used to sing to my baby but now she does all the singing and she isn't doing it around me my blanket wasn't enough in the distance a mother bird is calling from some tree stuck in the past no one listens to her song now she is just a cry unheard
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AuthorMichelle Tinklepaugh Archives
June 2023
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