Loco Parentis
By Myra Lochner
I found it under the blue gum tree - a soft intonation of new life: a featherless finch begging me to nurture it to a swirling silhouette against the vista of roof and veranda announcing mating-time and early summer For weeks I fed it on my tenderness: kept it between bare breasts that trembling life for it to feel the heat of skin; the heartbeat of my love The day declared that it was time to let it out and free it to the sky a nimble take off in pure perfection was interrupted by a brief return a swift salute The day was clear without a trace of darkness which even in that daylight lurked: I did not see the owl myra 2002 My little finch was caught unexpectedly in broad daylight by an owl ... Written March 13th, 2002 © on Mar 13 2002 08:34 AM PST, Myra Lochner nature • love
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