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What do Birds Say?
What do Birds Say? - Gwyneth Lewis
What do Birds Say?
Friday, a sparrow cried:
‘Me! Me!’
That was difficult.
Saturday, it was: ‘You!’
I liked this no better.
On Sunday I heard
The Sparrow say,
‘We!’ Bird and I
Enfolded together:
Syrinx, logos, feather cry.
from Sparrow Tree (Bloodaxe, 2011), © Gwyneth Lewis 2011, used by permission of the author.