Thursday, November 18, 2010

ROOK


"...I only know that a rook / Ordering its black feathers can so shine / As to seize up my senses, haul / My eyelids up, and grant // A brief respite from fear / Of total neutrality..."

—from "Black Rook in Rainy Weather" by Sylvia Plath, as found in Watch for the Light: Readings for Advent and Christmas

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