Three Things a Blackbird Doesn’t See
February 1, 2010
What does the girl with the umbrella
say about the rain? That it has
made her world the underside
of a blackbird’s wing.
What does the rain say of the umbrella’s
drumming? That it entices the waters towards
her shielded figure, making her walk
on the leaf-plashed brick a harmony of desires.
The crow knows nothing about it.
A little of his nature stolen by
her imagination, he shoulders the rain
and flies back out of her eye again.
Edinburgh 1.23.10
