Write me a libretto (what

is a libretto) that tracks the plummeting

finch populations in a nondespairing

(what is a finch

way, what are the ways of finches

Put an “o” before

O, what are the ways

to notate the bridge

That depends

on what is meant by suspension

The government says: Because this is a finch

delicacy, quickness, flocking, song

where sovereign power lies

and lies

O, I think an image carousel

might not be necessary as the user did

not explicitly ask for images

I am thinking (what is

The broader bird-decline crisis

arioso wherein

speech begins to open

Is it legal to handle a live

Yes, the singer may offer her wrist

as a perch but never

The distinction between perch and enclosure

Civilization writ small

and smaller, I’d suggest

“cups” or “transfers”

to the sovereign

I’m writing to acknowledge how you played

arrangements of The Lights

on an artificial landscape

deck held up by concrete “tulips” (What

just before my heart

surgery?…