Boldly imagined, Jill. I like the questioning of the avian horizon and the
notion of floating intensity in the air.
Bill
On Wed, 28 Mar 2018 at 2:38 pm, Jill Jones <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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> WHAT I DON’T KNOW ABOUT PEREGRINE FALCONS
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> I’m not sure I have that patience of circling
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> or the floating intensity to spy a rodent among weeds
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> and I have no idea what magnifies or frames
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> an avian horizon or how air lifts and drags
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> that grip on flight or how inexplicably --
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> not unlike the way a gush of sunlight flames
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> or how quicksilver instinct leaps -- as the darting
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> wagtail or noisy miner erupts and boldly chases you
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> yes, you mighty air creature, what gives
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> They have only small flittery wings, beating
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> and chiacking, surely that’s not the same
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> as peril, loss, as coming to an end, that especially
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