Glenn Ashley Paterson
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In a forest of starlings
there is no sound.
This worries me.
Should there not
at least be a muttering?
…
I once read—
this was how you died,
in whispers that you did not hear—
but I only heard the last blood
returning from her fingertips.
…
Last night I spent
hours trying to acquaint myself
with my vestigial organs.
I feel as though
I am missing something.
…
Most days I am nothing
more than a few
carefully constructed sentences
invented from shades of gray,
and the musicality of air in the lungs.
…
I have assembled my self
from cardboard
jigsaw-puzzle pieces, scattered,
then collected
from dusty corners
and curbside drains.
Glenn Ashley Patterson is a recent graduate of Montclair State University’s English program. She currently lives and writes in New Jersey.