metamorphosis of man, canvas, bird and egg, hung in the gallery where everything is auctioned

Michael Cooper

July 25, 2016 by Leave a Comment

we start with the bird
and the egg then move on to paint
and magritte
who speaks of the whole
of the dreg we
start with the bird and the egg
crack shell
wing arm
until they beg
as oubliette we begin
to eat we
start
with the bird and the egg
then move on to paint and magritte.

Michael Cooper is an inland empire poet, PoetrIE member, CSUSB MFA Graduate, and father of two great sons: Markus & Jonathan. You can find his work in The Berkeley Review, The Portland Review, The LA Review and H_NGM_N among other fine publications. His book, Speaking Through Sediment, coauthored with good friend Cindy Rinne is now available from ELJ Publications. Michael is also the chief writer and curator of Fracture Tentacle, a monthly video series on YouTube.

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