"Freedom is a legless bird
who flies high in shimmering
shades of blue on wings that
flash and flicker in sunlight,
pursued by relentless squadrons
of angry eagles, always much
too slow, the stupid creatures of
the hot, wet, heavy thicknesses
of air beneath soaring, streamlined,
legless birds who nest on mountaintops
or the extreme edges of cliffs or
the cold white tips of towers and
teach their young to fall out
fearlessly and catch the wind on
shining wings, strong with pointed
beaks and eyes sharp to see all
the struggling shapes below all
the infinite light above me."

01/18/2008