And there it was—
The crystal sky
Jaded by the near close of day
And two black-winged
Redheaded birds
Cascading in circles
Over the blue
Like lovers
In a quarrel,
Bereft and sinking,
Then rising again
To sing.
--Before Sunset, Deborah R. Huso
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