Enjoying a Walk Around a Frozen Lake ……….Came a sound: a sparrow-Mozart …..…..…..…..…..playing a tiny rusted piano! …..…..In the gathering light, I stopped. Straining to hear, …..…..…..…..…..I could almost feel …..…..ice expanding into the path of least resistance, starting in the mind, …..…..…..…..…..down the throat …..…..to the heart. The sound scatteredāthe wind on the lake […]
John Wall Barger | THE SWANS FLEW OUT OF THE SUN
THE SWANS FLEW OUT OF THE SUN like scorpions of the air, like locust. We shot & they fell like laundry sacks. Bad idea. More came. White plumage blocked the sun, like weather. Like one bird. We watched the swarm from our parks & balconies. We shut down the city. We shot with antiaircraft guns, […]