The Winter Barn Owl Necklace bib necklace As musty salt-sea air

As musty salt-sea air

Curl upwards through the naked trees

some of us forever

Hares are symbolic of rebirth

I hope you will find it special

The Winter Barn Owl Necklace bib necklace As musty salt-sea airTHE BARN OWL In late summer I feel the chill again the first marauding from the high plateau I can sense the teeth in everything and claws under rock and ti tree biting down in the dry sand of the creekbed I find the skeleton of a barn owl and snap off its skull with a twist of my thumb and forefinger I string it with a length of fishing line and for days I wear it around my neck dreaming at night of the crack of lizard bones the death cries of small