
Tristan Beiter
The Wood Became Birds
the
wood became birds
bursting
off the wrecking ball
as
it crashed splinter-wings
metamorphosed
the glass
into
beetles buzzing
shards
‘round
clouds
of dust shifted as
gnats
darkening the sky
the
lime convertible
in
front of the fading house
exploded
into rhododendron
Tristan Beiter is a poet and speculative fiction nerd from Central Pennsylvania. His poems have previously appeared or are forthcoming in such publications as Liminality, Abyss & Apex, GlitterShip, and Eternal Haunted Summer. When not reading or writing, he can be found crafting absurdities with his boyfriend or yelling about literary theory. Find him on Twitter at @TristanBeiter.
Editor’s Notes: The silhouette image of pigeons in flight (Needpix.com) is colorized and combined with a vector tree silhouette of a tree (pngtree.com)
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