ember // dream

candlelight, steak and more,

the night to remember,

as the crow beckons at my door,

the night to remember,

as she stood there,

pecking the air,

reaching for my hair,

my skin, my soul,

p p p pecking

and

e

-t

--c

---h

----I

-----n

------g

------e

-----t

----c

---h

her initials into my skin,

making me a part,

a part // trap /// and player in her s(k)in,

her debauchery, at my door (i—her whore?)

her stake in

my hea / stake / rt,

her tongue in

my thro / tongue / at,

the debate was a nonstart,

the re tort

a re

t/ort that fell silen ~

~

~

~

~ tly still.

Candles twinkle, illuminating,

p

-e

--c

---k

giving life and kinesis to her…

~ > ~

my crow,

the scavenger who preys my carcass sensual,

---p

--e

-c

--k

Taxonomic Classificatacifissalassification

Kingdo…

p e c k … m: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Aves (Birds)

Order: Passeriformes (P–eck perching birds)

Fam–peck–ily: Corvidae (The crow family)

Genus: Corvus Corvus, suvroC, suvroC

my oscine passerine, corvidae,

feaster of carrion, deliverer of warnings.

th...e / n-igh….t-to...to...rem (sleep now)

e

-m

--b

---e

----r

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Thanks for reading!

Author's Notes: I did concrete poetry - after the fact. I didn't know I was doing concrete poetry, but apparently that's what this would most closely qualify as.

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