If Men Lived On Earth

The Owl and the Mouse
The world does not have words…
Language, but no words.
-Tomas Transtromer
In February, a feral alphabet: a thin line
of mouse tracks scribbled across the flawless powder,
intersecting it, the signature of attack // caesura.
two lives met here, one, light-footed, earthbound,
the other, aerial, heavy-winged. Two lines
drawn together by hunger. On impact, the owl made
angel wings, […]