The Osprey

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“The Osprey” by Jenny Blankenship.

And so he
wandered alone and forgotten forever / the osprey
flying low above the water / darting the crenels of the
waves and the sound / always crashing against his
heart / He could spy all the little silver fish swimming
out of reach / How his eyes hurt to watch their bodies
shiver beneath / The storm is coming to my vagrant
lover / though he never sees my on the shore / holding
the unwritten poems of children never born / I look in
my hands in resignation at my side and decide / I am a
warrior as much as any man can describe / And all
lovers should be beholden of the gods in our eyes /
Can I hop from stone to stone in this lonely cove /
mimicking the giant spread of wings threading
arches up on high? / He will dance through the gusts
in the air and I will / navigate the broken rocks with
my steady feet / My friend, the osprey and I, we will /
discover asthenia someday, in wings and knees /
for there is no difference between this bird and me /
We will drown together in this sea and there will be
no more dancing / We will return what we learned
of Beauty / in the form of blood running into water /
which will be fed to the poor men with red-stained
lips / the alcohol of love quickening their pulses and
burning them to their wicks.

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from Maine Songs, released September 1, 2009

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