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Sixes

It's six o'clock, 
but not for the birds,
for them, it's four-play.  
God says,"Be there, or be square," 
because He's Lord of the times, 
not Jehovah of old, knows 
that slang and jargon, 
keep the young in the fold.
Winter-white in a summer made
snowy, sea gulls assemble, 
"aide memoire" who rules here.

They've mastered the moves, 
but he's the conductor, and I, lady
of the lake have a season pass
for these Swan Lake show-stoppers, 
their circles and dives, their "pas 
de deux's", or sixes, or sevens, that 
finish in the clouds in a curtain call 
unfound by the married to ground.  

God sends His ballet each day 
where it belongs.  Take Heart! He 
says: My birds are words 
beyond language, beyond 
wings, beyond songs.

Copyright © | Year Posted 2010




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Date: 6/23/2010 12:36:00 PM
I like the personification of birds. Quite witty with "four-play." Love, Susan
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