by Olivia Mettler
Death’s a shining sun but roosters only see
Pearly white skull hung from a farmer’s apple tree
Animal blood fills memories the children keep of home
Like unwatched chickens eating egg and bone
Runt roosters face death to sunburst into men
Seek backpay in the bodies of plump hens
Olivia Mettler is a poet from Minnesota. She spends her time pretending she can talk to birds and wandering the cemeteries of Atlanta.