Exoskeletal Gesture

Eric Baus

 

Venom erupted from the trees when the vital system of the brook reset its serum stem. Can suspended snakes compose a more careless music? Do two detached wings count as an exoskeletal gesture? A hiss is the sound the sky would make if these leaves revived their flight.

 
Copyright © 2011 by Eric Baus. Used with permission of the author.

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