migrational patterns
migratory birds move across
her face
shift clouds
to somewhere else
draw a line
connecting
face birds sky
so that for a moment
her eyes have wings
move southward
from here
“migrational patterns” was originally published in …like lemmings…poetry over the edge Vol. 1. No. 2, edited by Melanie Marttila and Kim Fahner. The copyright of this poem remains with me, Monique Chénier. Please credit me if you share it, and kindly direct people to my website.
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