be ready
- be ready
after Opetaia Foa'i
the stars phone in"we're coming for thanksgiving"i smooth the debrisof home into channelsi make space
i go inwardinside a house in my chestfull of uncomfortable birdswhile the land fills with wishesand a large family [End Page 69]
Jono Naito
Jono Naito is a writer and game designer in Syracuse, NY, where she is working towards her MFA and edits the journal Salt Hill. Her poems have also appeared in The Birds We Piled Loosely, Maudlin House, and elsewhere. She is also online: jononaito.com
