Loaning Birds

who shall
loan
a bird
to me.

for i am
small
i am 
farther
than
the  blank
expanse 
between
word and speaking.

who shall
loan
a bird
to me.

For the worn
blanket
of my being
does not call me
mighty.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2012

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