WINGS and SHADES

WINGS and LEAVES
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WINGS and LEAVES
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Kiddo steps and she sparrow-ed to him
Delicate prance, Wanted to clutch, 
But alas!

He rolled, Rumbling by 

..Concerned,  
Did you fall? 
Did it hurt? 

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She fluttered and trotted 
To each of them now
Helter-skelter
Crimson-orange-yellow-brown
Brownian motion, strewn around

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Sudden, she looks up the birch
and then the cedar, and then her branch
Eyes moistened,.... Where's her roost?
He lies fallen and her den is lost?

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The autumn wind, as if whistled by
Fight or Flight? Quick. Decide. 

She brisked again and beaked him tight, 
Twig by twig, set her nest right

..Lullaby tuned, in the zephyr of the night 

"...Thou wings, spry you to the sky 
...My wings, ground me here
...How high you fly OR how low I bow
...We flutter, We color, We have miles to go"

13 Nov, 2015