20.06.21 - 10:25 p.m.

her top knot awaits the first kill’s plumage
or stays empty, tassled like a tallit, wound
particularly about itself, to keep the heart
from straying, to subdue with blindness
and supple leather. A burqa. A frum bird,
head covered, to prevent the sin
of devouring, of being devoured by wanting.