I would like to have a bird in my throat.
Perhaps a dove, or a robin,
one with that rusty orange chest.
It would sing you the words;
tell you we are pretty little accidents,
like when your stubble scraped against my cheek
when you leaned in to say happy New Year.
Like the apology that followed for the clumsiness.
Like the curtains that didn’t keep morning out;
the leg that pulled all the sheets to one corner.
The song would come from the bird’s tiny chest
and tell you that this is all okay.
But you cut it from my throat,
pluck it of all its feathers until it is naked,
standing before us with nothing
but its shame.
The cat drags it to the doorstep—
a peace offering for the mistakes made,
but the stench still lingers.
21. Manila, Philippines.
Friends. Books. Novels. Music. Cats. The Big Bang Theory. Snow Patrol. Movies. Poems. The Beatles. T.H. White. J.R.R. Tolkien. Dave Eggers. Orange. That 70's Show. My course. Stars (the band). Stars (the ones in the sky). Laughing. Talking. Late nights. Writing. Bouncing. If you're reading this you're bored. Family Guy. Quietdrive. Pulp Fiction. Ridley Scott. Death Proof. A Rocket to the Moon. Johnny Depp. Super heroes. Humor. Color. Raptor. Rhyming. George R.R. Martin. Smiling. Quentin Tarantino. Short Stories. Margaret Atwood. Bram Stoker. Tim Burton. Elizabeth Bathory. Left for Dead. You're really bored. Wavy hair. Jostein Gaarder. Pens. George Orwell. Mookie Katigbak. Google. Ranting. Eraserheads. Keeping silent. Close-reading. F. Sionil Jose. Critiques. Papers. Procrastinating. Dreaming. This is too long. But still not enough. You're still bored.
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I Would Like to Have a Bird in My Throat - Beth Kellmurray
"Because I knew what I loved. I loved to read; I loved to listen to music; and I love cats. Those three things. So, even though I was an only kid, I could be happy because I knew what I loved. Those three things haven’t changed from my childhood. I know what I love, still, now. That’s a confidence. If you don’t know what you love, you are lost."
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Haruki Murakami, interviewed in The Guardian. (via thebronzemedal)
Books, music, cats.
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