A whipoor’s will
swallowed a pill
that made it ill
if it could talk
or take a walk
to spit the chalk
it would gladly
it would sadly
it would madly
wrench its guts
of who’s and what’s
out little cuts
through folded skin
twist outsides in
and purge the sin
from feathers fair
spun in the air
on a fickle dare
had the bird known
it would’ve left alone
that magic stone
the medication
the eradication
of its sensation