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Magpie
by Jeannie E. Roberts

Below gate, near weave of wattle, where fence
divides and shadows veil across white,

your reflection reveals avian whispers in violet
and light. There's serenity in the unruffled

stillness, in the sheen of quiet landscape,
where, behind your silhouette, trees dissolve,

soften with frost and the hazy fusion of sky.
Perceptive bird, perched solely,

can you distinguish your image echoed faintly
on snow? I wonder, do you notice beige

and yellow, violet and blue? Do you pose for
the painter just out of view?

 


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