CENTURY SICKNESS

Century Sickness is an original poem written by David Hernandez and interpreted by Artsychaut.

Artsychaut, Kim Siew, is a Mauritian artists fond of visual and written art. Member of the Cyberbaat DAO and creative full time. __ CENTURY SICKNESS

In the iron light of autumn, a crow headed east over Stearns Avenue, at the height of phone lines, in the quiet of early morning. Hush, hush, hush, its wings repeated, the blue-black wings, as the crow held between its clamped beak a sparrow, slack as an empty glove. Another sparrow followed, frantic as it dove and dove, driving its smaller beak into the crow’s back, which didn’t do a thing but make some meager thumps. Across the street my neighbor paused, her face masked, lifted to sky. I watched her watching them go until she raised a hand to me, waving slowly.