look in the mirror:

I DON’T KNOW ANY BODY SEES YOUR FACE
LIKE I DO, ALL WAXING, WANING, I AM
THE SAME, BACK OF ME AND ABOVE, A NEST
SAVED OVER FROM SUMMER FOR THE EAGLE
YOU LOVE, BUT HOW CAN YOU FLY WITHOUT WINGS
LIKE THAT CROW USED TO STRUT AROUND OUR HOUSE

(30 January 2013)

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