Wednesday, September 10, 2008

Aves

The reason things depart we do not know.
How, for example, a pigeon nestling on a tree
shoots straight off a forked branch
to the blazing skies of sundown.

Or how in twilight,
my hand, like a bird in search
of a new habitat, reaches for yours
and grasps nothing but the plumage of air.

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