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An Improbability Of Cranes.(Poem)
An Improbability Of Cranes. They appeared in an Easter sky just before sunset I was first to hear them, and heard before I saw them. Their sound was a tuneless yodelling The sun sent red-gold notes from their wings The line became a cluster, then landed-- a ceremonious coming-to-ground in the ploughed field. Migration had thinned them, body and number. Their grace on land is an awkward one-- slow, a mincing walk that says "this ground simply will not do" or the mono-footed stance that tempts kids to sneak up behind and push them over. Necks just begging to be wrung ...
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