New birds

My sweat-beaded head like a drying flipper

As a bends-bent diver is pronounced dead.

Pleasant emptiness nesting in my head

Like some rare bird gilt feathered, which bipolar climate sent instead

Of the more familiar kind.

Our borderstraddling birders bored us

With pictures of strange murders against porous skies.

Poorer service than ever I had suffered

Disgustingly stuffed in my warmest duffle, conducting junkie shuffles.

The Antonine plague and worsening behaviour

Compete to clear streets. City which cheers at Easter

But not for Jesus saviour. Hosted one famous day.

Cleared-nose hued the, lately, huge waves salinating our picnic places.

Flaying winds faced pink-cheeked,

So much green on me, got Ranger chic.

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