souls of fish in opaque bowls



made not of flesh or bones
proteins striated
calcified honeycombs

but thick pressed paper
out of thistle
fibers
lacquered dryads
leaves too stiff from milky potions
poisons, des poissons
barks too thick. glutted. caramelized.
scaled with bitter bokeh

outsides
all moths of crumpled telegrams
sloughing dots. stops.
; . :, ..; ; . :, ..;
.. :, ; . :, ..;
..; ; . :, ..;
into liquid lighting

lightning
somewhere is calling
craven skulls of dear in storms
they seize the sudden
sullen refuse

too bold

dead sparrow lifts wing
broad
wind wind
just the wind
scattering closed eyelids
winding watches
winding wire
winding wind




Rebecca Anne Renner's work has been featured or is upcoming in Mothering Magazine,Pedestal Magazine, Underground Voices, Liquid Imagination, Gutter Eloquence, The Bloody Bridge Review, The Stray Branch, Blinking Cursor, Everyday Poets, Short Fast and Deadly,Anastomoo, and an anthology from Silver Boomer Books. A selection of her poetry is available in the book "Sex with Neptune." She is a recipient of the American Academy of Poets University Prize, and she is the Editor-in-Chief of Barrier Islands Review. She is currently attending Stetson University for her BA in English with plans to further her education with an MA in English Literature.