i’m the little parakeet girl
her caged and useless
beat her flight of wings
i’m the fire breathing kitten
feather green and flame
baby panther dragon scaly
cat the way she purrs you
back again i’m the insect
her suffering legs and
hands her testament
her prayer to the kitchen
in it’s 3 am existence
i’m the gather of the beam
through the fragmenting
blinds the stretch across
the tile and the feline paws
i’m the little spider star
web of lights i’m the moon
but i’m only her @night
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Dana Jaye Cadman is a poet and visual artist who currently lives in New York, where she teaches writing and runs arts events. Her work has appeared online and in print, and has been a featured performer at North American Review Bicentennial Creative Writing and Literature Conference, Colorscape Chenango Arts Festival, and New York Shakespeare Convention.
@danajaye first appeared in TLR Chemistry.