Hi Patrick,
Honeyeaters sure are birds. Lots of them here. Little 'uns mostly, but
bigger species as well. Oddly enough, they, umm, eat nectar out of
plants. Busy as bees, you might say.
Early Bradbury, eh I'll have a wee think more on that.
J
___________________________________________Jill Jones
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sort of magical moment -honeyeaters are they birds? makes me think of
the atmosphere of early Ray Bradbury
On 19/12/2018 13:07, Jill Jones wrote:
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> Paths
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> Early afternoon stretches along the street.
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> Honeyeaters cling onto wires.
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> My footsteps are buried in the pavement
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> like a prayer that never surfaces.
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> The light within light contracts and travels.
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> Half-remembered cadences roll over a fence.
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> The hour seems to drape.
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> Trees invent shadow.
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> A jet’s underside pushes into the west.
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> Nearby there are birds that will soon fly north.
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> Concrete slowly flakes
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> as if it’s also going somewhere.
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