Saint Julian Press

Elizabeth Cohen ~ Poet

 

 

Bird elixir

 

It was a crow convention

very political

with crow speeches

crow sit-ins

even a crow moment-of-silence

followed by a jamboree of crow

with much dancing and merriment

 

They feasted on day-old Dunkin’s

and someone’s cast off Mcburger and fries

 

The sun glanced off

their onyx wings

they threw their shadows down like spent napkins 

and the wind was full of crow

the water spoke of nothing but crow

 

Dinner got cold

the football game was neglected

children began imitating them 

It was frankly adorable

 

Everyone looked up from laptops 

and I-phones

forgetting their plans for Hawaii

the dead soldier, the toxic spill 

the Dow Jones Industrial Average

 

For four whole minutes

crow was everything 

and everything was crow

 

 

 

ELIZABETH COHEN © 2016