Vermivora luciae

Lucy's warbler

Christina Vega-Westhoff

 

 

Already I am fleeing

Traveling in a confusion

Or a bouquet    We are

Thrown in

The air together

 

So much song overlaps

 

Do we rest or long for it

Or long to strive

Or sing for more

              , our

Canyon

 

But really wondering

Do we—

If there is a moment

That we rest

Do we repeat then

 

If there is a moment that we repeat, do we

Rest then?

 

Our fleeing looks nestled

At night it is cool

 

Carcass, zipper down

Spine

 

These grey and white feathers

 

A camouflaged breath

 

Full

 

Like below desert

Sands sliver

Echoing ocean

 

 

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Christina Vega-Westhoff is a poet and translator living in Tucson. Her poetry may be found online at Fieralingue: Poet’s Corner.