Rain Flight

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He hears ...that a distant plane                                       
has crashed                                          

In the rain                                                     
among rescuers                                  
at the sea     an even darkness 
                     windy squalls
he seeks              
         to fly
through bad weather                               
      on the watery rough
and lifts   
                          his wings    uncertain
if it were he                      
who went down                               
or will go down                                         
or has the ability to rise     
                                                into the falling air

                                                                  He takes off over
                      the blackened beach

                                                  skirting
                                                         the inclined deck of a pier
                                                                               to fitfully ascend
                   and drop
                                                       under the gale
                                                                        never sure
                                                                                    if he will

                              pitch
                                                                                                  or soar
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