MEADOWLARK
            Michael R. Collings
                c. 4/18/90; rev. 9/28/95
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	Golden-brown breast-feather
	links
	forge a burnished
	chain
	to circle his neck
	forever
	as

	His Honor,
	Lord Mayor of the Wheatfields,
	stretches
	skyward/sunward
	across pale Montana
	dawns

	to pronounce
	his solemn/joyous
	Benedictions
	upon
	each
	 spring
	 

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