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M a u r e e n  E p p s t e i n  &  L y n n e  Z i c k e r m a n

Fledging Day




The moment opens like a gift:
infant swallows on wobbly wings
fledge from the porch-corner nest.

Their twittering glitters in ecstasy
of blue freedom, swoop and skim
of graduation caps flung high.

Hawk and raven lurk,
a long migration looms,
the art of catching insects on the wing

yet to be mastered.
But for now, a whirl of swallow wings,
a celebration.

Fledgling Day

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