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FREE-VERSE PANTOUM WITH GARBANZOS AND PARROT
Shimmering faint gold,
emptied skins of garbanzos
flung into a heap
litter the white linoleum floor.
Emptied skins of garbanzos
parrot-peeled
litter the white linoleum floor,
rich thin surfaces tossed aside.
Parrot-peeled
as she searches for deeper truth,
rich thin surfaces tossed aside,
slippery beauty unregarded.
As she searches for deeper truth,
I walk in to learn how,
slippery beauty unregarded;
foot-flailing, I fall.
I walk in to learn how;
I'm a sort of truthseeker, too;
foot-flailing, I fall,
victim of truth's deceitful surfaces.
I'm a sort of truthseeker, too,
flung into a heap,
victim of truth's deceitful surfaces,
shimmering faint gold.
Nelson Miller
Use what talents you possess: the woods would be very silent if no birds sang there except those that sang best.
~ Henry Van Dyke
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Some parrot species must fly over 500 miles a day in the wild to forage for food.
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