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POEM: Threadgill’s birds

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Inspired by “Fee Fi Fo Fum” from The Complete Novus And Columbia Recordings Of Henry Threadgill & Air.

Threadgill’s birds

an ocean of crows flows overhead
wings beating black against the coming night
I see them in small sections through
the window, missing its valance

Henry Threadgill plays the flute
and a disembodied woman’s voice is singing
notes looping around one another like
sparrows swooping after unseen bugs

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One Comment

  1. Sen Sen

    nice and concise some nice imagery therin

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