Bear Weaver

Into Ornithology

 asks me 
 what color is a warbler like I 
  
 know like I’m not dying to knock 
 this feeder upside-down scream 
  
 wildly burst toward 
 the moon soar over its 
  
 face on the river keep 
 migrating always north even when I 
  
 taste winter coming for me madly wail 
 HOW IS IT THAT I SO PROFOUNDLY LOVE YOU 
  
 ask you 
                can you hear me now 

Bear Weaver—writing, residing, and cancer-fighting in southern New England—was built by Florida’s Gulf Coast. As were their parents, grandparents, great-grandparents, and great-great-grandparents. Bear’s writing centers themes like identity, queer love, and the absurdity of being alive on Earth.

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