[night and]

night and
open
as
a child
never
feared an
inch
of her face
it was
a stance
and succulence
even
in sleep
had the graves
a nightingale
asked so far

Copyright Credit: Kerri Sonnenberg, “[night and]” from The Mudra. Copyright © 2004 by Kerri Sonnenberg. Reprinted by permission of Litmus Press.
Source: The Mudra (Litmus Press, 2004)