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“Fear not, little flock”
(Luke 12:32)
This morning—outdoors, walking—
I count the birds I see:
Clouded late winter sunlight
Discloses only three—
Small, half a block behind me,
Ascending the mid-sky,
Diving, but upward, urgent—
As if to rise or die
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