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Feathers

by Rowena Silver

The paper
lining Sinbad's cage
is Tuesday's news.
Saul had filled the
crossword puzzle
out in pen
and cut and
catalogued the
food coupons
and read the Outland
strip out loud.

Sinbad
will not eat
or sing today
or look into
his mirror
to preen yellow feathers
he just grips
his perch
and stares
straight down
with tiny button eyes

Somehow I think
he understands
about the Kursk
and all the men and women
still aboard and wonders if
there's air enough
for a canary to survive

More poems by Rowena Silver at Ariga You can also write to her at vytas@prodigy.net

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