Let the World Have You by Mikko Harvey

Let the World Have You by Mikko Harvey

Author:Mikko Harvey
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: House of Anansi Press Inc
Published: 2022-03-07T17:58:16+00:00


THE MOUTH OF THE DOCTOR

I went to see

a doctor

of sorts

because more

and more I felt

the bulking

of memories

inside me

and time

itself was crowding

my organs

and starting

to leak out

through my eyes

my hair follicles

my dreams

slicing me

at the sites

of departure

the doctor

listened as I

explained this

then opened

her mouth

to speak but what

came out instead

of words was this

very small owl

which had

been perched

on her tongue

apparently

then her eyes

went blank as if

she had left

the room although

she remained

and the owl

hovered before

my face

staring at me

with the same

expectant look

the doctor

had previously

been wearing

so unsure

what else to do

I began to explain

myself again

to the owl

this time

about what time

and memory seemed

to be doing

the leaking

the sites

of departure etc.

and when

I finished

the owl let

itself drift

down to the carpeted

floor where it

spread out

its wings

wide so each

feather was fully

exposed and in

that instant

a tiny

snail emerged

from the wings

it had

been camped between

the folds

of feathers

apparently

and like

the doctor

previously

the owl

now seemed

to leave

the room without

truly leaving but

the snail

the snail was most

definitely here

and was

in fact climbing

slowly up the leg

of my jeans

I did not

exactly want

to touch it or

it to touch me

and in

that instant

the instant I

acknowledged this

although I had

acknowledged it

only to myself

the snail began

to turn

around and crawl

back down

my jeans

then onto my shoe

then onto the beige

carpet and back

up the narrow

leg of the owl

embedding

itself once

again into the folds

of feathers and

the owl

having waited

patiently for this

to happen seemed

to reenter

the room

and turned

and flew

back into

the mouth

of the doctor which

had remained

open ever since

first opening

but it closed now

the instant the owl

flew into it



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