rice spills from our hair and clothes by Kiik Araki-Kawaguchi

For Janet
Rice spills from our hair and clothes
Our ceiling leaks the rice grows fat
Our children spring open before our eyes might close
We cover their candles in fat and fire
And that waxwing takes what is left of my rose
Carry my salt and salt the pasture
Those birds rose to collect the bread we broke
That thrush eats my name from the ear of my lover
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Kiik Araki-Kawaguchi is the author of DISINTEGRATION MADE PLAIN AND EASY (1913 Press) and THE BOOK OF KANE AND MARGARET (FC2 / UAP). web: kiikak.com twit: @annhoggiscoming inst: @annhoggiscoming