Tuesday, October 31, 2023
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They Teach Us to Adapt to Them
Crows, those shadow-shouters,
seem to live in towns amongst thick trees.Out of their twig-walled cottages,
here they come, gliding, flapping,
bouncing, yelling. They're quiet
during almost all their hours,
but their noise makes you forget
that--like a ratchet-voiced hermit
who bickers with imaginary
invaders, scaring hikers. Crows
maneuver us into adapting to them.
So many creatures do. Given
the billions of us, they all have to.
hans ostrom 2023
Knuckles
Splendid that the word
in English should begin with K,hard like bone. Make a fist.
There they are, those knobs
in a slanting line, fingers
bolted to them. Make a list
of all the species they knew
before they went to work
for us. People put rings
on fingers, shape and paint
nails, read palms, shake
hands, caress with soft
finger-pads. They might
even tattoo something
sinister near the knuckles,
which no matter what keep
working shifts in the grip
factory, uncelebrated, scraped.
Rub the knuckles of one
hand with the other hand's
fingers: a gesture of thanks.
hans ostrom 2023
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