DOVE OR GULL OR CROW
            Michael R. Collings
                c. 9/28/95
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	certainly not dove
	white feathers disguised,
	haunting black cave--

	tunnel-mouth like
	Dante's guide to beckon on;
	surely not grey-smoke

	gull wheeling seaward
	along crisp canyon walls,
	finger-wings flared

	to grasp updrafts;
	doubtless not raucous crow
	cumbersome aloft

	auger-eyed assessing
	what the chance its claws
	could hook my passing

	car. No, none of these
	surely, certainly.
	without a doubt.
		
		
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