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Adele Kenny

Wings

1.
Here,
where
the old
house falls in-
to itself, dark clouds
open to a rushing of wings.
2.
Still
there,
through the
frame of a
broken window – the
torn lace curtains flutter like wings.
3.
Call
it
back then
(memory) –
the way it stays – a
wild bird’s wings bend with the river.
4.
Birds
nest
in the
eaves – their wings’
rustle is soft, like
prayers spoken in hopeless places.
5.
Not
a
thing to
do but this:
listen to the wind –
in the wide sky octaves of wings.