The Only Female Bird in the Game (or, Azami Koshiba Speaks)
Elana Lev Friedland
Wait’ll they get a taste
of sparrow kick smackdown—
bugger off, budgerigars!
Wait’ll they get a taste
of sparrow kick smackdown—
bugger off, budgerigars!
I understand the comfort afforded by an endless grind for which the only reward is more grind, perhaps a little too well. It’s about maintaining the appearance of working toward something, without the pressure of having to derive any ultimate fulfillment from whatever it is.
When you take a hero’s stance at the edge
of so much broken glass, remember the first time:
your body fresh pummeled between rubber and snow
alone, meticulous
a mirror walkthrough as pirate
chasing pre-destined bigotry
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