Stephanie Pilar

 

Thanksgiving Comes for us All

(from Sun and Wing)

Talon and tooth, nail and wing.

Owl eats rabbit during a violet-tinged sunrise,

and I stay inside to allow them both their privacy,

as they all become each other.

A mouse hiding alone in the lily
watches.

A bird who eats seed swoops down and sings for the rabbit,
I know not why.

Be the one pink cloud that catches the sun,
Or be the shiny ribbons of entrails the owl plays like a violin,

I don’t care.

Life made you,
Not me.

As no one’s parent,
I can turn this whole epic parable

into a social media post
AI will never read.