Tuesday, November 2, 2010

tawny owl

the owl was an awl

flapped its wings once or twice

before piercing the air

tearing into the emptiness..... a funnel

rolling the air into shavings

the rock remained still

so that’s its home

a bracken mesh


I navigate through this landscape like a polaron

mining the northern flank

praying for another sighting..... I smile

for that small owl

with eyes like darkling beetles

was startled into a cadence

far beyond reckoning


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