Sarah<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
I saw a bird in the grass
\nsmall and brown
\nits round body partially hidden in the long blades<\/p>\n
around its throat was a ring of purple dried blood
\nand its yellow beak was open and a black tongue
\nhung out<\/p>\n
one of its wings was broken and all the brown feathers had been torn off
\nthe other wing was folded closely to its body<\/p>\n
the feet were untouched<\/p>\n
it was in the middle of the front yard, which was very small, about the size of a
\nVolkswagen with just the grass, and a single dogwood<\/p>\n
I wanted to name her Sarah after an ex-girlfriend I\u2019d
\nhad\u2014<\/p>\n
and so I picked up Sarah and wrapped her in the newspaper
\nand put her under the tree in the corner where no one would see her.<\/p>\n
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Jacob Uitti <\/a>was born and raised in Princeton, NJ, and moved to Seattle in 2007. Since, he has co-founded the Seattle-based literary and arts journal The Monarch Review.<\/a> He is also a co-founding member of the bands The Glass Notes<\/a> and The Great Um.<\/a> He has half a fake Master\u2019s Degree from The University of Washington due to the number of classes he\u2019s audited. Jacob also works tending bar and co-managing the PopUp restaurant Mo\u2019Fun. Often, poetry can best express the idea with passion and a smirk unknown anywhere else.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Sarah I saw a bird in the grass small and brown its round body partially hidden in the long blades around its throat was a ring of purple dried blood and its yellow beak was open and a black … Continue reading