Bird on the road
Jena Woodhouse
For the bird on the road
eating spring's elm stamens,
the promptings of pleasure
prove stronger than danger.
I brake to avoid
that fledgeling myna,
the impulse to spare
overtaking blind risk:
the bird unaware
of the care of a stranger…
© Copyright:
Jena Woodhouse
, 2006
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