outside s's new studio


in my right hand i could feel warmth
unexpectedly through the cheap translucent shopping bag
as i pulled a feather from the clamped beak.

the window above my head reflected a perfect blue utah sky
wearing an almost imperceptible smudge with wings,
feathers everywhere at my feet.

in the aspen nestlings shiver, open mouths turned upward.

21-mar-2007

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