In the middle of every field,
obscured from the side by grass
or cornhusks, is a clearing where
she works burying swans alive
...
The tug on my arm but soon spread
Perhaps now they could prove me there.
I've been watching the sky closely & for some time,
...
Lick the lights. Everyone
says that here. Sometimes
they'll call a spade a shovel,
hollowing half a hole,
...
Radio, Radio
In the middle of every field,
obscured from the side by grass
or cornhusks, is a clearing where
she works burying swans alive
into the black earth. She only
buries their bodies, their wings.
She packs the dirt tight around
their noodle necks & they shake
like long eyelashes in a hurricane.
She makes me feed them by hand
twice a day for one full year: grain,
bits of chopped fish. Then she
takes me to the tin toolshed.
Again she shows me the world
inside her silver transistor radio.
She hands me the scythe.