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Icarelle Tarry With Me A Spell
by Philip F De Pinto
thank God
for birds
for words
thank God
for fastening wings
on both
for both
would be loath
to fasten their own
thank God
for birds
for words
thank God
as well
for the flightless ones
and those as yet
dreaming in their shells
and those save for cages
would have flown south
in winter
or gone extinct
while in flight
or on the written page
which saves
thank God
the cost of birdseed
or stamps
to mail this ode to Icarelle
who to this day
refuses to tarry
with me a spell
lest she miss
her opportunity to scram
when shells and cages have
their open season
lest she wind up on the sunny side
or scrambled
01/18/2013 Posted on 01/18/2013
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