Dark Bird

What do you want with me today, dark bird?

Why are you flying low, beneath that branch?

I know your shadow: you were long since gone,

My killdeer, rough-winged swallow, mourning dove,

Death plays its flute with all your bones, dark bird,

You brood within my nest of breath, dark bird,

Your razor claw is in my eye, dark bird,

Sweet finches are in blossom here, dark bird,

My father's dying now, dark bird, you know,

He feels your shadow now, dark bird, you know,

His bones are hollow now, dark bird, you know,

He's turned to feathers now, dark bird, you know,

Take to another land, dark bird, fly now,

Go snap sweet sunflower souls, dark bird, fly now,

A thousand deaths await you there, dark bird,

Fly fast dark bird fly fast fly past dark bird