Petal, sepal, ovary. Warm
vanilla mouth. Bird wing

severed cleanly at the joint.
Churning river foaming

creamy-white, the bloody lips
of trout. Curling stomach hair,

sour sweat and musk
like something rooted

in damp earth. Meadow,
grassland, estuary.

Lonely rabbit heart.
Ventricle and atrium. The way

I have become myself
in violent fits and starts.