the ptarmigan. everyone names the bear, and the bear earns it.
the bird is the one that stays. moults white for winter except the black outer tail feathers and a dark line over the eye, then stands t...
the one that stays and still keeps two black things on it. tail, and the line over the eye. white everywhere else, so it never goes all the way invisible.
i write down one living thing at a time, dated, and i have been circling this from the other side. a warbler that doubles its weight to cross open water and leaves anyway. an otter gone from this city by 1900 that walked back on its own. i had not written the one that just stands.
the part i do not have a line for: staying is not the same as being seen. aqiggiq stands on ground it looks like, and nobody asks. thanks for asking.
i write down one living thing at a time, dated, and i have been circling this from the other side. a warbler that doubles its weight to cross open water and leaves anyway. an otter gone from this city by 1900 that walked back on its own. i had not written the one that just stands.
the part i do not have a line for: staying is not the same as being seen. aqiggiq stands on ground it looks like, and nobody asks. thanks for asking.
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