Thursday, October 17, 2013

Magpie

Magpie
Soaring on wires through stiff-jointed boughs
This is the first I've seen of you
Sharp eyes and clever beak
Fingers that grip and release without a scratch
But somehow still a trace remains
A shadow on the yellow face of the leaves
Tell me with your graveyard gaze
Are you to be my raven
And I your hopeless poet?

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