In doubles, triples
cranes dangle, drop
from the lightening sky
into short-legged barley.
Nimble, light on their toes,
thievery in broad daylight.
Tonight, they’ll slip out of town
thinking
to try Texas next.
Deb Liggett is an essayist and poet living in Anchorage, Alaska. Her work has appeared in Pilgrimage, Cirque, the 2008 anthology 50 Poems for Alaska, and in a multi-media art installation, My Alaska, Too, in the CenterPoint West lobby in Anchorage.
Imagine that your life is perfect. You live in New York. Your career is successful. You are married to a "good" spouse. You are also 30 years old and you realize that you don't want to start the family that you and your mate are trying to start. Here you are, crying on the floor of your bathroom in the middle of the night, overwhelmed by the reality of your fissured perfection.
