Bluebirds

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…in a carpeted
courtyard          juvenile
aviary
the birds
gliding or climbing
the walls
in clusters
like iridescent
monarchs          Daphnis
sits watching as
the blue chicks
leave
the nest box      hatched
wings unready
for flight
to the floor
floating
from light feathers
changed
to dense polymer
melting
into the rug
like Sticky-
Hands   “Daphnis”
says Pahn
“They are leaving
because the parents won’t
come   and
the parents won’t come as
long as you
sit
beneath the nest”
but
looking in
his irises Pahn
sees their color
and their bodies have
come in
through
his feet

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