midst goyles curled
wet stones below
sleep I here long
in trench am wrapped
til pounce away
and black round me
ensnares the wind
eclipses moon
batlike I swoop
am one am night
til moonlight breaks
restores my face
my flesh not stone
am sleek with sweat
abandon spire
trees mine to prowl
©2002 Matthew Ephraim Duncan
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