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Geordie de Boer

Philomela's Question

Thoughts tremble on your lips like
the breath-ruffled feathers of a
nightingale. Eager to add your
soprano to the aria,
sit as silent and watchful as
a witness, listen to the bird-
whisper. If you lost your tongue, could
you then sing the nightingale's song?

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