The Book of Frank [“Frank’s sister grew long blue feathers”]

Frank’s sister grew long blue feathers

she said it was worse than cutting teeth

she spent a month screaming in the cave
pushing them out

Frank would lie in bed at night
touching his own back

crying

praying it wouldn’t
come to him

but the day his sister flew to the house
he stood by the window in awe
giant blue spread coming in across the lake

he heard the hunter’s shot before she did

Copyright Credit: CAConrad, [“Frank’s sister grew long blue feathers” (page 26)] excerpted from The Book of Frank.  Copyright © 2009 by CA Conrad.  Reprinted by permission of Wave Books.
Source: The Book of Frank (Wave Books)