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Crows
Lois Baker
A second one dropped
to an oak as if to confirm
their black
an unraveling of color
their caw
dissolution of music
their flight
an excuse for not falling
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"Crows" from
Tracers, Howlet Press. Copyright © 1992 by Lois Baker. Reprinted by permission of the author.