death of the fine-feathered-
we the fine-feathered-
dinosaurs who comet has come
straight down to blast
in the very long jugular
as though cosmic consciously thought
are heaping
the sky turns uterine
the rain a kind of breeding
with clear ends in sight
terracotta waters so broad
the breath is gone
vertebrae petrified
because i am dead i cannot say
because i am dead i turn my head
and see brother floating beside
hands a strand of black hair
a benevolence
jaw & hips broke open
India Lena González is a poet, editor, and artist. She graduated magna cum laude from Columbia University (BA) and received her MFA from NYU’s Creative Writing program. While at NYU she served as a writing instructor for undergraduates and received a Writers in the Public Schools fellowship enabling her to teach literature to middle school students via Teachers & Writers Collaborative. Her work is published in American Chordata, The Brooklyn Review, Lampblack, PANK, Pigeon Pages, and Poets & Writers Magazine, among others. A three-time National Poetry Series finalist, India is also a professionally trained dancer, choreographer, and actor. fox woman get out! is her debut poetry collection. She lives in Harlem.