ARIEL YELEN

"Vibrating Rows of People"

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This small effort

Because this little singing

This little sound

Small song

This fathomless effort

This voice which comes from the gut

This soft effort at making song

This effort at song

This effort to make song which birds do effortlessly

What birds do effortlessly

This tiny bird

This tender worthy effort

And sometimes it is no effort

No effort to sing

Sometimes I’ve had a drink or two

Sometimes it’s effortless to make song

If  enough people sing in a group

If  I’m part of that group, I cry

I am holding a thing that breathes and makes sound

Where song comes from and goes to ookie