Thick as catacomb, waiting for the stars like keys in an oily heaven, festivals of electricity.
With a wild mouth she twists the cage, gives the birth. Watch it gallop into the theatre's pinching arms!
This is what the people come for. To swim in the golden knives she bullies like a hollow in your chest.
A curling of your finger.
An erection of bones.
Sonia Pereira has published poetry and fiction in various literary journals, including The Bitter Oleander, where she was a finalist for the 2002 Francis Locke Memorial Poetry Prize. In addition, she has recently written and co-written two Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles children's books for Simon and Schuster which are scheduled to be released in 2004. She lives in Western Massachusetts with her husband and five cats.
