July 26th, 2017
The letter is C for CROW
Every morning
crow
steps
along the beach
as though he found the world
brand new,
and wonderful,
and without a doubt,
made especially for him.
The eiders stare,
the black ducks are busy
with their own affairs
as he marches
along the wrack line
on his sturdy feet
to the bounty of stranded sea worms,
crabs,
abandoned bags of popcorn
"oh yes" his big black beak seems to say,
"this is good,
here is breakfast and lunch both
and as for dinner
I'll be back.
What a good world!"
I wish we could be friends,
but when he sees me
daring to look at him
he opens his strong arms
that are dressed, always, in the darkest ribbons,
and floats off...
but only a little way
and he's down again on the sandy track -
and who has seen yet anything cleaner,
bolder,
more gleaming, more certain of its philosophy
than the eye he turns back?
Mary Oliver
More Cs here at ABC Wednesday
with thanks to Melody and
all who maintain this meme




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