Duck Smoke
For the first time
she had to knife a neck
off a duck cadaver
which then she left in hot
and wine over a night of cold
All she had was a sad cake box
to hold its duck wild in
But in morning
she hung it by colander
holes of air to speak
through day
I think in evening
it was all smoke
But I’m not sure.
For the first time
she had to knife a neck
off a duck cadaver
which then she left in hot
and wine over a night of cold
All she had was a sad cake box
to hold its duck wild in
But in morning
she hung it by colander
holes of air to speak
through day
I think in evening
it was all smoke
But I’m not sure.
Ruth Lehrer is a writer and sign language interpreter living in western Massachusetts. Her writing has been published in print and online journals such as Trivia: Voices of Feminism, Yes No Journal and The Blue Hour Magazine. Her novel, BEING FISHKILL, will be published by Candlewick Press in 2016. She can be found on twitter at @duckduckf.
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