Thursday, July 2, 2020

Seeing



Walking along a country road,
I spot, ahead of me, a bird with brilliant plumage;
closer: a foxglove broken double.

I see ash trunks giraffes’ necks,
a stand of ferns green flamingos standing one-legged,
a million yellow butterflies hovering above a meadow buttercups.

Then, straining to see something extraordinary
in everything; I quite suddenly see
everything is extraordinary.

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