A Man Became a Bird and Accused Himself of an Unforgivable Sin
I saw my first shapeshifter in India when I was 22; the second in Dinhe’ land when I was 43. A tale of shapeshifters near and far, published 6/27 in OPEN: journal of arts and letters. Lyric, narrative, flash, nonfiction. I think I am a man, a human being, but sometimes I feel all feathers and claws: a crow, towhee, hummingbird, owl, or roadrunner. There are men-birds you know. I’ve seen them.…















