genesis

Deviation Actions

StarlightComet

Published: Sep 20, 2015

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Literature Text

_{i have a bird in my chest and

she's pecking at my ribs and trying to squeeze
between the fluted bones,
frantic heartbeat tripping over mine-
i feel her feathers
scra-
pe
my lungs,
talons shredding threaded valves
and acid rising when she vomits
and
emaciated organs slic
ing and
sewing themselves back together
because
i'm the bird in my chest and
i want to pry myself open and rip myself
out-

but i don't want to let this part of me
go.}