Wednesday, May 26, 2021

first of birds


first of birds
great flops, I hear
skittish, smacking trees
unbelievable buffoons

when the wind was not right
they would be lost in the clouds
frail fluffs of flight
forgotten, lost

lost, it would seem, like the dinosaurs
or the Atlanteans
the never-again and the never-was

but they found their way, at last
through the multi-hued skies
through multifarious forms

raised one wing at the right time
parried with the other
lovely darts 
propelled up through
the alleyways of history
up through
to the present age
to the trees and streets
woods and rooftops 
those ever-saints 
and sometimes-thieves

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