Sleeping Barn Owl Earrings crow Worn and torn

Worn and torn

Top to bottom 35 mm

and in ways most humans can’t understand

Bottom has an ombre effect and stars

But the fire is so delightful

Sleeping Barn Owl Earrings crow Worn and tornTHE BARN OWL In late summer I feel the chill again the first marauding from the high plateau I can sense the teeth in everything and claws under rock and ti tree biting down in the dry sand of the creekbed I find the skeleton of a barn owl and snap off its skull with a twist of my thumb and forefinger I string it with a length of fishing line and for days I wear it around my neck dreaming at night of the crack of lizard bones the death cries of small