LIVED BIRDS

birds eye view

IN THE SKY AND IN THE SOIL. ON THE BRANCHES AND ON THE LAND, WHY WOULD A WORM FLY A BIRD DIES. UP AND DOWN GREEN AND GREY THE DAYS END FINDS THE SUNS DECAY. A SMILE A FROWN A KISS AND LEFT OVER ROSEY CHEEKS STROKED BY ROLLING TEARS ON THESE RED HILLS. A NEST A HOME A DUNGEON A THROWN AND THE LEFT OVER FEATHERS FROM A DOGS FIRST BITE. A CLOUD A STONE A FLUTE A BONE THE SOUND OF THEM ALL IS A SYMPHANY SELDOM OBSERVED. A FLOWER A THRON THE WOOL AND THE HORN ALL BEAUTIFUL THINGS HAVE SOMETHING TO WARN. THE ROBE AND THE RAG THE WHISPER AND BRAG ALL SIMPLE THINGS GOD HAS CREATED. THE BIRD AND THE ANT THE GIANT AND THE MAN WHAT GLORIOUS OBSERDITY MIGHT COME FROM HIS HAND. THE HARP AND THE LYRE THE CHILD AND THE SYRE ALL THINGS KNOWN HAVE NO KNOWLEDGE AND ARE BEAUTIFUL IN BRAND. THE RAT AND THE MOUSE THE BEAK AND ITS TINY SHARP EDGES THAT SLICE AROUND GROUND AND INTO CLOUDS THAT ROLL AND WRITHE IN THE SKY. THE GRASS AND THE SKYSCRAPER THE TREE AND HARD LABOR FOR SUPERMARKET FRUITS THAT COME PACKAGED IN PAPER. THE BLUE AND THE RED THE GREEN THAT IS DEAD AND THE WONDERFUL STRIKES OF HARD LINES IN THE SKY. THE FISH AND THE NET THE WATER AND THE DEBT OF PURE NATURE WE OWE IN EXCESS. THE SKIN AND THE SOUL THE TUNNEL AND THE BOLE. ALL ROOTS GO DOWN TO STRETCH INTO SKY. THE RULERS OF THE SKY FIND BEAUTY IN THE EYE OF ALL CREATION. WHAT A WONDERFUL LIFE YOU’VE BEEN GIVEN

fur and feather friend and foe

form place to place you find my face

fly again

soft sand steal vibrissae

halfway up halfway down the hug of time

flesh and bone tooth and stone

song of the soil

the life of the ground and song of wind

ornament of love

passion of the sun

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