Boy On The Cover

i'd swear that there's wings sprouting out

from your bird-boned shoulders

great big doe eyes that curl your toes

lean in closer

there's a paperback with your name attached

there's a boy on the cover who looks a whole lot like you

there's a coffee ring that floats above his head so it must be

there's a mixture of fairy tales and fingerprints that show

a handful of torn out pages and feathers in the snow

there's a bird-boned boy you could blow over like that

and he's carrying a bookshelf on his back

and the paragraphs are pouring from his mouth

and he's coming through to carry you over