A Quiet Detonation

by Thaddeus Dombrowski

The room was littered with the shrapnel of an exploded finch.

Sharp claws teased every last morsel of integrity.

Why is the base of the bed the foot of the altar?

And where are the missing parts?

I know birds have heads.

2 comments on “A Quiet Detonation”

  1. Cinder Cherokee says:
    January 31, 2014 at 12:43 am

    Oh dear – was it Hector or Sylvia?

    Reply
  2. Thaddeus Dombrowski says:
    January 31, 2014 at 12:47 am

    Hectorlicious.

    Reply

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