The Smallest Muscle in the Human Body by Alberto Ríos

Author:Alberto Ríos
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Copper Canyon Press

The sudden angle of beginning.

ORANGES IN A TREE

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The oranges in a tree won’t fly away

If you’re quiet. If you’re quiet

You can see them in their nests–

Loud in the song of their great need,

Mouths tethered to the green beaks

That feed them, hushing their cries,

Pushing their infant noises into color,

That unmistakable sound, orange.

If you make noise, enough of a noise

And not just anything, a noise equal to theirs,

The oranges take flight

In a spin of movement that’s dizzying

But which takes weeks.

Some fall to the ground in the excitement,

Falling from the fear of what you’ve said.

So many fall this way.

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