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Muhammad Ali And The Pelicans

The man who has no imagination
has no wings…
-  Muhammad Ali


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They waddle clumsily
on webbed feet not fit
for treading sand
and their folded wings
just add weight to impair 
their already awkward gait.
Pelicans are made
for air and water, being
landbound leaves them 
deprived of grace.
Sometimes I flounder
like a grounded pelican 
on the mud flats of myself.
Dragging my body along
I make for a sorry sight 
until I remember I have 
the power to imagine wings 
and then, with perfect grace,
I take flight.

Copyright © Paul Willason

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