HA&L magazine issue nine.2

Poetry • by David Alexander 2

 

Poetry


by David Alexander



 Invisibility or Flight?

Think of it
as a kind of weightlessness.
To be hidden is a kind of leap.

Romans were first
to raise chickens indoors.
We were first to keep thousands.

Invented breeds grow
oversized breasts. Scientists
pilot humane enclosures.

They call one aviary. The birds
breathe dust and ammonia.
When flu comes

they literally melt. They call it open
air. Think of it as knowing
you’re unable to fly,

and what goes up
can’t be erased.

    

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[Distillate © HA&L + David Alexander  |  {from the Greek bios} -- the course of a life.]

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