Sleeping Torpor - Anathallo

It did not happen in a day

We hummingbirds said, «Father don’t

You could do the right thing

You could turn around.»

He called our names and 1, 2, 3

We slipped into the snow boots

Stood behind the coats hanging lowest

In the closet racks

I moved and made a sound

The hangers jangled

Did he hear the metal clattering?

And had I given us away?

I’d given us away

We waited side by side

We could hear your soles squeak

We could feel the ground shake

We tightly closed our eyes

You found us, you were right this time

How did you know?

We were curled in sleeping torpor

We dreamed of flying up where the exhausted die

You found us, you were right this time

How did you know?

Pinned behind the pantry with the vacuum

Pancaked underneath the bed means dead

Nestled between the ladle, with the pots and pans

My heart beats and beats

And I can hear it like a drum in my head