by Denise Liddell Lawson

    Tell me about yourself.

    Inflection expresses pleasure.

    Where are you from？

    A house with many drawers and in each one is a bird.

    Your race？

    Monarch orange and bristling.

    What do you do？

    The wind picks up.

    How do you do it？

    I dig out the seed with a nail.

    Do you believe in progress？

    Evolution is spelled erratically.

    Politics？

    Bark， split and patched with lichen.

    And your heroes？

    Shadows trade places.

    What are your ambitions？

    Oxygen flows through a window and I lose track of it.

    Pursuits？

    Affection， direction.

    What do you value？

    Attention is currency.

    Best advice？

    In the morning， the stimulation of water； later， of letters.

    In a word？

    Hammock. Or havoc.