Migration
seasonal
migration has lost
its language. birds
commence reverse
flight. head for land
that does not exist.
island holds breath,
throws up sick.
human limbs made
tides rogue whip.
birds circle, cry.
swansong
is choking
sob.
our talk is famous.
when lunged
with death
you were brick.
a witness in
the pyre.
unborn poems
aborted. love
letters mouthed
but never signed.