Dream of Vomiting Up a Dark Bird
i'm sitting on the edge of my bed
feet dangling low
and i want to push my head back
with my neck exposed
and out of my throat into my mouth
crawls a great dark bird
and pecks its way into the light
white filmy eyes take nothing in
and claws grasp on my cheeks
and push the beast out
to slither, crawl, run out
underneath the door
while i spit: spatters of blood
which cascade shower to the tile floor
while i get up, nauseous
i look in the hall and the carpet is ugly
but the bird is gone
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