Shantih Journal | Page 23

The Wild #78

by Darren C. Demaree

Once sung, once

summoned, the handful

listening for a song

will give rise to a name

for each utterance.

The actual magic

takes place in the impulse

to sing it all. That part,

the irreverent, erotic

power to make a call

to others, is ability enough

to inhabit this world.

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