| sparrows= before we became we flyfollowed / our homelands puzzle clouds we / traced chamomile in
bags / door to door / steeped in mud of our / remaining trickle of river / though small we
sipped / they simply toured / sand & soil & steep concrete & zinco they sold / our air to bases down / (t)here & over there to east before that / & ever as ever they souled / men up there in miniature suits / crushed flesh bones & / or capillaries / down there (in kitchens & streets &
silos) & we / became as we heard whispers of that / bile (t)here & acid (t)here / discovered (a)gain our faces low / in their potential of what we applied / to our tender featherskin by
walking out / doors & a bridge wavering / under the weight of bodies & we (be)came / hydrogenated as ever / we cried & laughed & shouted & we continued / & then we became
once again / & saw as (wo)men held close to children / perhaps just then could it be that / a spectacle stunt / seamless / into the cries of other birds & it was machine framed & it became /
& we scattered / & then it was (un)done it was / & we continued to as we flyfollowed / to
where they didn't fool any / one back to center before they caught up / with us as if anything
was (un)done & / they tried to flyfollow the sky / as if it knew by heart eye / lashes mustaches
& fuzz & small prickly / nose hairs / if we = sparrows perhaps here they / were deluded thinking anything was just / or that / or merely for them / which is ours as we cracked seeds between /
our beaks & we slept & we leapt & kept kneading / a little dough though   Copyright © 2018 Siwar Masannat. Used with permission of the author. | 
