September 20*

Posted on September 20, 2010 by othermindpress

birds:
creatures that fly
(rats with wings)

         names
         get stuck, mired
         in details, commonness

birds:
beings of moving air
unfurled resplendent grace

and flight. . .      marvelous flight!

*Copyright 2010 by Luther Allen. This poem is included in The View from Lummi Island.

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