ectrodactyly

if you have ectrodactyly

your hands are all forked up

bur climbing trees will be a breeze

and handling a handleless cup.

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scutellum

small shields enplate the taloned bird

and end when feathers begin

and armadillos? o my word

please do not think it much absurd

to say they have no sin.

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emu

an em’s a space in linotype,

and mu’s a grecian letter.

let’s fuse them as a metaphor

for the chi-miracle that has occurred

with the creation of a bird.