A Second Life
the articulated skeleton / of the rooster with / his boiled chest,
by Kit Steitz
the articulated skeleton
of the rooster with
his boiled chest,
posed in a shoebox,
in a proud arch-
It’s eerily appropriate
for this arranged affair.
Roots braid into his ribs,
knit through earth, red clay.
He becomes nutrients,
tree marrow, and seeps
into the sacred figs
of an awakening tree.
Kit Steitz is a poet in Columbia, Missouri. They have an army of geriatric cats and dogs and almost exclusively write their poems while sitting on rocks in creeks and glaring at people.
You can find them @AmazingKitikins.
