E.C.Belli STONES I am writing a memo Things to remember For Tuesday How everything grounds me How I am looking for lighter things Information is good, in way of distraction: Meadowgrass can reach down Twenty feet And some animals were found with stones Inside their rib cage To crush whatever Bitter pills they swallowed Although some ingest the stones for ballast To better keep themselves From returning to the surface- These animals I know From A Sleep That Is Not Our Sleep Anhinga Press, 2022. #ecbelli #poetryisnotaluxury