Tie a Yellow Ribbon

The two crows of Crownhill Fort
can't be told one from the other
so you must tie a yellow ribbon round an old crow's leg
either bird will do

To catch a crow, though,
is not easy
and once they spot you
looking            plotting
they keep a safe distance

However, you can hex them
with a clarinet
a melody
sweet
hypnotic
a beaky crow lullaby

Sleep little crow
Rest your head
Lie you down
Be you not as you are
so cautious


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The studies stripped me
bound me to tolerate whirls of desert sand
but you were broken too

This clock-watching is hateful
an insult, dressed as courtesy

Steal your lump of flesh
go on, eat, digest
You will learn from someone else
when I'm forgotten
& eliminated



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