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Swallows

Swallow Girl 

They swish in like velvet

      elegantly skimming molten 

            water, sleep-laden air 

                  whistling with interference

                       water droplets spiralling 

                             like shoals of starlight 

                                  from their bright wings

 

wheeling westward, 

 

                               they turn, retrace

                          their instinctive flyway

                    as if fearful she might have 

                missed them first time round 

            as if fearful she might have 

        forgotten the brilliant 

     blue indigo of their being

 

[ Etching by Felix Bracquemond 1833-1914 ]
 

 

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