First Light

Salmon and orange above. Bathing all. For those who saw, it snatched the breath.

A bird unclasped his talons. Pine bark chipped from the brown-shingled limb.

And feathers flew towards the light as the brown-shingled limb rose and sank rhythmically with a bird’s leaving.

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