SAINT JULIAN PRESS


Laura Smyth ~ Poet

Dodo
(extinct ca. 1683)

Prostrate on the horizon
there is a light,
and we bless its rising
like defeated bullies.
We are insincere again today.
But tonight, when the sun buries itself
in the dirt of our skyline,
I will make another entry
in my catalog of past life.

A Dodo is a laughable thing,
but also dead.
From the living room you call its name
laughing at me unwilling to dismember
the chicken carcass
I am nevertheless willing to eat.
Dodo, Didus Ineptus--
what have we to laugh at?

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Poem One
Poem Two
Poem Three
Poem Four

Fox Dreams
Publication Date: November 8, 2024
Paperback:  $18.00
Publisher: ‎ Saint Julian Press, Inc.
Language: ‎ English
Paperback:  98 Pages
ISBN-13:  978-1-955194-31-

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