Alphabet Owl
A barn owl shrieks in defiant protest of night’s secrets. She can no longer keep her oath in a forest of confessions. This weight simply needs to be loosened.
And like owl scat/pellets - the alphabet of owls has obscured its language once more ---> gone back into the void, a black cauldron - the grand recycling word compost. Waiting, for its next iteration. No little reifications anymore - such a waste of precious time. I continue my hunt for meaning elsewhere.
Reference: “Lilith in Hebrew-language texts, the term lilith or lilit (translated as "night creatures", "night monster", "night hag", or "screech owl") first occurs in a list of animals in Isaiah 34,[13] https://en.widkipedia.org/wiki/Lilith#cite_note-14
Barn Owl in the city image is owned by Nikhil Virdi. “He has worked on projects for BBC and National Geographic.” https://jlrexplore.com/gallery/iconic-images/barn-owl-in-the-city
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Dawn Stowell
Published poetry. First book sold rights to become a play script. Photography.
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