INVERSION


            The serpent charmed the bird
            Reptile stare pinning falcon to the earth;
            Amber venom froze her predatory heart.

            The bright and high of her domain
            enraptured his chill soul
            The boldness of her plumage pleased his eye.
            He had her hold her talons in at will
            Through lustful admiration of her skill.

            Wound �round her neck
            	he reached to touch the sky:
            Weighted so deep,
            	she couldn�t get that high.

            She tried to slip from his embrace
            To leave his narrow trap
            Return to sun and wind and space
            Defeated by his grasp.

            Her hunter�s cunning slowly came:
            She told him she had set him free.
            His view inversed, he lost the game.
            He slid back to his shadowed home,
            His lady falcon rose
            	to meet the Blue, alone.
         

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