clipped from writersalmanac.publicradio.orgSuicide Aside
Suicide Aside
suicide aside
try watching birds
regard them as they fly like salt to bread
spice up this crusty world
a giant spider web
their lines of flight
tie up and bind the world
they fly
birds jump up in the air and stay
you try it
flap your arms for all you're worth
no way you're stuck
they're free to leave the world
the colors
lemon zest and lime and berry
sugar coffee cream
and all the rest
sublime delicious flavors how
our eyes drink in the world
and listen to them sing
the wind becomes a thing alive
with music whistles squawks and chirps
a melody of world
so tell me why you thought you'd rather die
check out pluck all the feathers
close the lights
alright don't tell me
but please me
stick around a while
with me to watch the birds
see how they swirl and turn the world
"Suicide Aside" by Bruce Dethlefsen, from Breather. © Fireweed Press, 2009.
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