A line of sacred ibises beats
silently against the blue chill
of dawn. How certain they are,
eastward, though darkness grips
their beaks. Not for themselves,
they bring together land and sky.
Their journey is everything and nothing.
-o-
A line of sacred ibises beats
silently against the blue chill
of dawn. How certain they are,
eastward, though darkness grips
their beaks. Not for themselves,
they bring together land and sky.
Their journey is everything and nothing.
-o-
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