MURMUR OF STARLINGS - KELLIE ROWLEY

 

Murmur of Starlings

By Kellie Rowley and Zeph Daniel

 

A murmur of starlings passed 

for three days overhead

their shadows a flicker 

in the vertical sun

and all my futures I dread

 

Like the omen of a lovers overt gaze

suddenly I feel the need for warmth 

before they pull away

 

Pining for a lost world 

is not an option

exercising your free will here 

might get you killed

 

And the starlings are squawking, 

stealing everything in the woods

and the songbirds are quietly singing

There goes the neighborhood

 

There goes the neighborhood

There goes the neighborhood

There goes the neighborhood

There goes the neighborhood

 

Oh oh

A murmur of starlings passed 

for three days overhead