My Mother Would Be A Falconress Comments

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My mother would be a falconress,
And I, her gay falcon treading her wrist,
would fly to bring back
from the blue of the sky to her, bleeding, a prize,
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Robert Duncan

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Pranab K Chakraborty 20 February 2015

Ah, but high, high in the air I flew. And far, far beyond the curb of her will, were the blue hills where the falcons nest. And then I saw west to the dying sun- it seemd my human soul went down in flames....................................Excellent expression.

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