Bird Pin
Description
Mama bird and baby bird.
Design by Christy NaMee Eriksen. Cloisonné metal pin, 1" wide.
This pin was inspired by the poem Bird. It is available as a pin + poem pack here. Full poem text below.
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Bird
by Christy NaMee Eriksen
When your brown son tells you over dinner he thinks he's ugly.
When you stutter on your own memories.
When you reach for him, a table and a canyon away.
His hair in your hands, a thousand falling stars, each one a wish
that has already passed.
How can you describe grace to a seven year old being
raised in a broken funhouse?
Mirrors so curved your face becomes dusk.
Walls made of elbows
doors made of fists.
When you walk into an uppercut and say you're sorry.
Why believe me, a woman with quilted skin
a mother with a leaking heart
rising tides on my breath
when I say you are so beautiful nothing can sink you.
When I kiss you like a papercut
like a king of spades
like a bird born from my sleeve.
When I hold you like the greatest bomb I ever made.
Delicate and reckless and exquisite
so handsome every morning you burst
so fine our demons die just looking at you.
You, the color of a good luck penny
you, the color of harvest
you, the color of a plot twist
the color of anthems
you the color of flight.
Ain't a ray of sun in the new world
that won't wanna shine
on your face.
Shipping
Need it by December 25th? Please place your order by December 15th and choose Priority Mail. After December 15th, please choose Express Mail! Thank you!
Order Fulfillment & Shipping
We handle each order with care! And we are a very small team of just a few real life humans, so it generally takes us 1-4 days to fulfill (pack up and ship out) orders. If your order is urgent (e.g. you're hoping it gets fulfilled and gift wrapped in time for your dinner party tonight, just give us a call at 907-523-5053! Part of the beauty of being a small business is all of this is made up! Lol. Just communicate with us; we will always do our best).
After we pack up your order, we send it via the shipping method you choose at checkout. In general here are time estimates:
Free Local Pickup: these are often ready on the same day, but could take up to a few days if we have high volume in the shop. Call us if you need it asap and we can do that!
First Class: 4-8 Business Days
USPS Retail Ground: 4-8 Business Days if under 13oz, but if it's heavier than that then it goes on a boat and it can take 3-4 weeks to arrive to a destination in the lower 48.
Priority Mail: 3-5 Business Days. We love Priority Mail; it goes on an airplane and arrives to you within a week, generally.
Express Mail: 2 days!
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Returns and Exchanges
We want you to be happy with your goods! And, we're a small business, so returns and exchanges can be costly for us. Here's how we currently roll:
1 - We know shopping online is tricky but we are here to help! Please feel free to reach out if you have any questions we can answer before you make your purchase, so that we can try to help bridge the gap between online and real life the best that we can! We are available via the chat function, or feel free to call/text/(even facetime us!) at 907-523-5053. We're happy to get you more images or video to help you with your choices!
2 - If there is a problem with your order or you receive an item that was damaged in transit, please contact us so that we can make it right! You can email us at hello@kindredpost.com or call us at 907-523-5053 and we will facilitate a replacement or a refund, and we will cover associated shipping costs.
3 - We accept returns and exchanges within 30 days, as long as the item is still in new, unused condition, with undamaged packaging (basically, can we put it back in our collection?). (We extend the return window to January 15th for all orders placed online between November-December). We don't cover the shipping for these ones, sorry! Please reach out to us so we can help coordinate your return/exchange. hello@kindredpost.com or call us at 907-523-5053.
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