leavings

Michael Battisto

why is your mouth again
full of house sparrows

you could have spoken
from another need

now whose family
will come to your voice

what nervous appetite
will you ask for

i put my hands
above the sky

my carpals hollow
from my long work

bend your thousand beaks
and drink from them

Michael Battisto has work that can be found or forthcoming in The Normal School, HAD, Poet Lore, Flypaper Lit, Anti-Heroin Chic, Pithead Chapel, and elsewhere. He has lived in many places, but now he lives in Oakland. You can find him on Twitter @mbattisto3 or @michaelbattisto.com.