of a receding sun—star
-lings returning to roost.
Here, the night isn’t a cat
burglar carting away the light
in our bones. It is in fact
the warm warble of God
Wingbeats in the Rose Light
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Wingbeats in the Rose Light
of a receding sun—star
-lings returning to roost.
Here, the night isn’t a cat
burglar carting away the light
in our bones. It is in fact
the warm warble of God
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