Ledge

Birds that love
high trees
and winds

and riding
flailing branches
hate ledges
as gripless
and narrow,

so that a tail
is not just
no advantage
but ridiculous,
mashed vertical
against the wall.
You will have
seen the way
a bird who falls
on skimpy places

lifts into the air
again in seconds --
a gift denied
the rest of us
when our portion
isn't generous.

Autor: Kay Ryan

<u>Ledge</u><br /><br />Birds that love<br />high trees<br />and winds<br /><br />and riding<br />flailing branches<br />hate ledges<br />as gripless<br />and narrow,<br /><br />so that a tail<br />is not just<br />no advantage<br />but ridiculous,<br />mashed vertical<br />against the wall.<br />You will have<br />seen the way<br />a bird who falls<br />on skimpy places<br /><br />lifts into the air<br />again in seconds --<br />a gift denied<br />the rest of us<br />when our portion<br />isn't generous. - Kay Ryan

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