Thanksgiving Comes For Us All

Talon and tooth, nail and wing.

Owl eats rabbit during a violet-tinged sunrise,

and I stay inside to allow them both their privacy,

as they all become each other.

A mouse hiding alone in the lily
watches.

A bird who eats seed swoops down and sings for the rabbit,
I know not why.

Be the one pink cloud that catches the sun,
Or be the shiny ribbons of entrails the owl plays like a violin,

I don’t care.

Life made you,
Not me.

As no one’s parent,
I can turn this whole epic parable

into a social media post
AI will never read.

From Sun and Wing by Stephanie Pilar

gorilla dead stare
self-aware captivity
zoo is closed today

spring snowfall sustain
birds migrate in place
blind flutists rejoice!

pencils and branches
unseen hand’s eternal smears
point invites sprawl

fallopian opus
lunch lurchers
garrulous graveyard

bone marrow sail sags
avocado oceanscape
boiled eggs

phosphene tingles
aromatic floaters
eyes sprout seedlings

Haiku from Dru Watkins upcoming Point Clear Press book release