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Blackhandler

Oh see the thing! Glass mesosphere and ink:

The soil contumely in the field of green

From times when man among the sand could think

A second longer, in the stone tureen.

His hand to wrist to arm is a bone at a blink.

Though pink birds innocent, they hope to glean

With blinding Wednesday eyes, they love to drink.

He, Woden-bloody, gathers what they've seen.

We gray collected in a city's link

Descend and nest on pavements, there to preen,

And watch enchanted victims gaily sink

By the cardboard box, attracted to the sheen.

     A street magician can the world reverse

     With subtlety and somewhere to rehearse.

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cody-edwards
American
Published
Mar 5, 2011
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© Cody Edwards 2010

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