Sleeping Barn Owl Earrings crow Worn and torn

Worn and torn

Self-esteem is the medicine we celebrate with Brother or Sister Moose

But the fire is so delightful

– Christopher Poindexter

Sleeping Barn Owl Earrings crow Worn and tornTHE BARN OWL In late summer I feel the chill again the first marauding from the high plateau I can sense the teeth in everything and claws under rock and ti tree biting down in the dry sand of the creekbed I find the skeleton of a barn owl and snap off its skull with a twist of my thumb and forefinger I string it with a length of fishing line and for days I wear it around my neck dreaming at night of the crack of lizard bones the death cries of small