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I wonder about her as I shave suet and place thistle seed down - once again she reveals herself to the corner of my eye a slight movement caught in the slant of a sunray just enough to separate her shy form from leaf litter camouflage I turn to look at her demure and just out of reach - yet she seems to know I feel for her.. I regard her presence for a handful of heartbeats before she hastens away in a certain way head moving forward first then feet catching up ..rustling the earthy rust of gold; fallen maple stars strewn beneath an arborvitae row.. a wing hanging down by her side like a gate with a broken hinge her gateway to freedom gone she’s become a body bound to soft soil - flesh and bones destined to feed the trees of life soon her feathers - like thistle down - will animate aloft weightless in soulful breaths of a swirled November wind.. pearls of muted beauty lost in innocence given back to the skies I wonder about the tender fragility of a tomorrow in an air where mourning coos are watered down by whimsical tears of gods and stirred by a mortal’s yearn for return to natural flight I commiserate with her silently — for I am broken too Susan Ashley November 17, 2020 ~ First Place ~ Premiere Contest: Brian Strand No 1175 Sponsor: Brian Strand ~ Second Place ~ Premiere Contest: 2022 Poetry Marathon Mile 17 Sponsor: Mark Toney
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