Balinese Birds
Helena Mult
Ten bali birds move merrily
in my window facing West
Waiting for the sun to crest
luminescing sculptured clones
carved from colored cuttlebones —
amethyst and emerald green
gold, topaz and tourmaline.
Swinging on their fragile strings,
choreographed in spiralings,
synchronized with on-shore breeze
from yonder vast Pacific seas
they syncopate in magic motion,
tangling and untangling wings.
They are mesmerizing things!
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