Snow in August

With a flick
of her wrist, she broke
the chicken's neck
and set it on her lap
where my sister's head
had just been. Over
her bare knees dangled
waxy yellow bird feet,
while the white feathers
she began to pluck
fell all around us.

Author: Catherine Stearns

Books: Slate Roof Press

Source: American Life in Poetry

She broke the chicken's neck

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