Wearing Stillness

[orange_fell]

Egret

Judith Beveridge

The egret hesitates before it steps

towards an insect - it seems to wear

its stillness like a corset. Its neck

a white ceramic towards which

its mirrored knees might genuflect.

Otherworldly, celibate -

oh, manicured object - you’re some

righteous sect’s uncharred lamp wick.

The last three lines of poem

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[red_toupee]

I want you to write a poem about a bird. And post it.