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Summers Savior

by  John G.Hall

Posted: Friday, October 17, 2003
Word Count: 46
Summary: Even birds have belief...




Summers Savior.

The blackbird
hangs to the world.
A scorched decoration
strung from Christmas tree.
Snow shuck from feathers,
a dark kings bright fleece.
Beneath the black horizon
of winter, touched white by earth,
he sings for summer.Crucified
beneath the stars of ice, he burns.

John.G.Hall©2003