}-*,~:^~Michelle Detorie ~^:~,*-{

         Hibernaculum
   
  She rubbed two chicken bones
  together and sang in time. We squared the room, our hearts sore
  with winding, the long spiral of the stairs exhumed
  said the skirt
  said the light, the blue bone blue
   
  steady jewel of the watching eye (bird's eye) flicked
  where water falls, full as a shiny knife
   
 

 

Michelle Detorie performing from A Coincidence of Wants (Dos Press, 2007) with Austin percussionist Chris Cogburn. Austin, TX,12/01/07, at Okay Mountain.

 

Michelle Detorie performing from A Coincidence of Wants (Dos Press, 2007) with Austin percussionist Chris Cogburn. Austin, TX,12/01/07, at Okay Mountain.

 

Michelle Detorie performing from A Coincidence of Wants (Dos Press, 2007) with Austin percussionist Chris Cogburn. Austin, TX,12/01/07, at Okay Mountain.

 

Michelle Detorie performing from A Coincidence of Wants (Dos Press, 2007) with Austin percussionist Chris Cogburn. Austin, TX,12/01/07, at Okay Mountain.
   

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