Poetry
animals of the last kind*
by Emilia Kochanowicz (M27)
Spring 2024 Issue * Winner of the “Climate Week Poetry Writing Competition” 2024, organized by Writing Peer Tutors.
Spring 2024 Issue * Winner of the “Climate Week Poetry Writing Competition” 2024, organized by Writing Peer Tutors.
thorns thorn through old fabric
leaves show their pale faces between the rusty metal wires
birds with their chemically infused breath
and squishy high note split in two
by sharp dirty glass
from a broken window
slower, slower my heart is still beating
slower, slower
white powder, since your lips never felt
the spiking pain of freezing water falling from the puffy skies
lizards crawling between the rotten ribs
of the last animal of the last kind
choked on soft tissue of plastic
slower, slower my heart is still beating
slower slower
warm nights disturbed by loud cry of strom
empty sound of thunder stabbing the
darkness of the morning
that never came
slower, slower it does not matter
we die like animals, animals of the last kind
leaves show their pale faces between the rusty metal wires
birds with their chemically infused breath
and squishy high note split in two
by sharp dirty glass
from a broken window
slower, slower my heart is still beating
slower, slower
white powder, since your lips never felt
the spiking pain of freezing water falling from the puffy skies
lizards crawling between the rotten ribs
of the last animal of the last kind
choked on soft tissue of plastic
slower, slower my heart is still beating
slower slower
warm nights disturbed by loud cry of strom
empty sound of thunder stabbing the
darkness of the morning
that never came
slower, slower it does not matter
we die like animals, animals of the last kind