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IDLING

March 27th, 2008 · 2 Comments

You’d think flying would be the sort

of thing you’d never

want to stop, but then sitting here

on the parched porch

where the wood has greyed to splintering

and the pigeon shit

has piled at the base of each supporting beam

as the hours drag themselves along

I notice how rare the bald eagles and the red tailed hawks

(picking through their feathers in the upper limbs

of the cottonwoods or standing squint eyed on the electric poles)

will step out

and circle up the sky,

how they must put most of themselves

into idling on the branches.

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2 responses so far ↓

  • 1 worsty von hoan // Mar 28, 2008 at 11:10 pm

    how do I post an original post?

  • 2 mackenzie // Mar 29, 2008 at 12:57 pm

    you can do so now if you click the little site admin link in the lower left corner and then click on write.

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