Amy Leigh Cutler is the author of "Orange Juice and Rooftops" and a few chapbooks. Some of her recent collaborations can be found in Jonathan Weiskopf's "For Some Time Now" and Wooster Collective's "G
Three birds are still
At the foot of the trail,
So close to the nest.
Everything alive
Is with heat.
Starving
Makes me
Rich,
But it must be self inflicted.
Tobacco,
Fur,
Mirror.
As Usual
I drain the tofu first,
holding the heavy
white sponge
in my palm. Sear it
til the white browns. Moving that
to a bowl, I hear the bell. Someone
is at