By Anne
She has a
bizarre
point of view.
An unusual
way of being.
They say she is
weird,
strange,
freakish.
She feels
unearthly.
She wishes she were
dreamlike.
One day
all of her
will be an illusion.
Editor: Makena Behnke
The Bird is the Word: Sophisticated Schoolyard Shenanigans
the title seems imposed….artificial….
what does whisper mean?
“gossip”?….’soft”?…a “tinge” ?
none serve as cohesive summary of all the poem’s
provocative “declarations”