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The Madonna of the Goldfinch
by Gloria J. Viglione©
Composure
is her strength
the way she tends
to matters on the inside, how
she presents him
to the daylight,
the songbird, docile
in his tiny clutch
his mouth sounding the language
of the owl and the finch
his gaze dreaming the path
the butterfly takes in winter.
The Madonna
cradles a secret
while the infant holds firmly
to her veil
inviting peek-a-boo
with the whole world.
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