Little Song in the Locrian

Abstract

Little Song in the Locrian Timmy Straw (bio) I have two things sang the bird from the pin oak.Two things have I—the answer back.The world is in its message today.The world is in its keys. The sunin it flashes like a flag in pavilion,like a frog's throat flashing in the sun.And there are things that must be said, I know,awful and simple as children yelling outour mother is dead.A fact will baptize a brain for a whilebut what makes the baptism stay—I have two things, sings the bird in the pin oaktwo things have I, the bird in the eaves.A tuning met and gone like the lookthe two hostages gavewhen they passedat the neutral middle of the bridge. [End Page 9] Timmy Straw timmy straw is a poet, translator, and musician from Oregon. Their work has appeared in Paris Review, Annulet, Chicago Review, and elsewhere, and their first book is forthcoming from Fonograf Editions. They live in Philadelphia. Copyright © 2023 Yale University