Dave Gardner – Aviary Sonnet

Dave Gardner

Aviary Sonnet

for Ellen Redbird

snowmelt petal or pigeon wing                       furls a black thread which held the crane— arch in sitting window red hair thick or a lighter crest under the brim needlepoint maple leans a double knot pocket of pills by chilled muddy basin never washes out of tied up fabric slope for tigers never drown

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