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the queen of cups

from creature comforts by a small bird

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The tardigrade can live for years in space in suspended animation.
Think of all the microscopic paperwork piling up.
That’s someone who knows how to take days off.

It’s always wild to watch someone drive with no hesitation,
70 miles with no thoughts of imminent death.
Maybe I’m some related species in the genus, like Homo anxius.

Soft is the turn of the night, beneath it I’m rushing
To pick up the breakaway glass of my heart from my sudden brush against nothing.

Take a breath,
The still air is stepped in scents,
Lavender, peppermint,
It feels like a long time since.

Can barely sit,
Much less stand.
Maybe it’s the end,
Or just a change in plans.

Curse the pace for not being near enough,
And raise my head to face with her majesty, the queen of cups.

The bears and the bats are all going back to hibernation.
Think of all the bear and bat paperwork piling up.
I miss the pain you can just sleep off.

But some part of the quiet alights on a new interpretation
Of something somebody once said that was otherwise bunk
. I guess everything’s deep if you think long enough

I’m on the floor where I’ll stay for a day or a so,
Getting my hand to remember that it can let go

Even smaller gods,
Pebbles and playing cards,
Their cousins up in the stars
Were never my cup.

But now she
Is staring back at me,
Illustrated hand offering
An extended stay at sea.

Collapse on the shore at the end of a trail of blood
To rest for a while on the isle of the queen of cups.

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from creature comforts, released July 2, 2021

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a small bird Chicago, Illinois

a small bird is the solo project of a queer trans artist based in Chicagoland.

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