when i retrieve my bones from the vulture's wings i find they've learned to whisper

when my heart turns yellow how far will i be from the gaze of the sea

is the voice that speaks after your body is forgotten heard in silence or sleep

the pattern in the rain filling other people    your house goes on to live alone

one can never see all the way inside the tapping of an abandoned crutch

is it a question with the face of a yellow bird that is trapped inside your mirror

i dreamed an eclipse
to see the moon dreaming
some
climbed into the sky and died

where are we going when we get there together

pulse

of eternity    soft

            wrist of the sky

on which         side of death

            is rest