Birdseed

Tinamarie Cox

I bribe the birds

for their song with seed

because my voice

never sounds quite as sweet.

Tinamarie Cox lives in Arizona with her husband and two children. Her work has appeared and is forthcoming in several publications. She is also the author of a poetry chapbook, Self-Destruction in Small Doses (Bottlecap Press). You can learn more about her work at tinamariethinkstoomuch.weebly.com.