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Flight Song
bird on glass
feathers and bits
outline open-winged
flight and the crash,
unexpected, that
left no body but
only a picture
of freedom
Posted 08/19/10
First appeared at SPARK Round 8 (http://www.getsparked.org); written in response to a poem by Bobbie Troy.
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beutiful and sad
Ray Sharp
09/23/11 7:26pm