—but for how long will they survive
the jar, before transforming?
Before placing their tarsomeres,
thirsty of nectar,
to the lid we stabbed with holes
then ask, with eyes alone:
is it time? is it time?
This morning we awoke
in darkness and found each other,
and what a miracle.
It’s not what has wings,
but what makes it through
the narrow slits of tunnels.
I make you tea, and you say,
that’s good.
It’s like that.
Slow and careful.
Like a turtle making its way into the sea.
the jar, before transforming?
Before placing their tarsomeres,
thirsty of nectar,
to the lid we stabbed with holes
then ask, with eyes alone:
is it time? is it time?
This morning we awoke
in darkness and found each other,
and what a miracle.
It’s not what has wings,
but what makes it through
the narrow slits of tunnels.
I make you tea, and you say,
that’s good.
It’s like that.
Slow and careful.
Like a turtle making its way into the sea.
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Puneet Dutt’s The Better Monsters was a Finalist for the Trillium Book Award for Poetry and was Shortlisted for the Raymond Souster Award. Her most recent chapbook was Longlisted for the 2020 Frontier Digital Chapbook Contest, selected by Carl Phillips. Dutt lives in Markham, Canada with her partner and two kids.
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