One foot to the other foot
Claws extended over the pedal
Eyes looking up and forward
As a bird having an injury
Once in flight circling about after a fly
And fluttering about around
Against the shyness of the sun so beckoned the moon
After a day in the air
And on the twig of a tree to drop unto a branch with the green foliage
Showing its shadow to the beak of the bird
And swooping down on a pence
As movement announced
The bird has a shadow and has a wing injured
The flight is in array while he must put forward the other claw
And hope to put down his life to be a morsel
Anew picked by another
As the flight of the bird
Is now no more
For this bird injured
Falls forward and is now no more a bird in flight
Beauty unannounced
– Anonymous
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