I’ve heard how they claim the Congress Street Bridge:
like folded fur handkerchiefs
hundreds hang on the underbelly.
At dusk they swoop out to sport
and poach and cloak the sky
in a great wolfish exodus
of instinct and appetite.
Once I saw dozens darting
in lava lamp shapes among sky scrapers.
One moment, the vertical space was jammed
with only air and traffic sounds,
the next was spelled with their loopy cursives,
their dark Morse Code.
I recall how I roamed with my new love
through a magnolia labyrinth.
We watched a pair of bats knit air,
needling the unraveling light.
Even as shadow and want called us home,
they braided and plaited whatever was to come.
Categories: Gianna's Voice, Sister Sirens
Reblogged this on Lisa Lanser Rose and commented:
“We watched a pair of bats knit air,
needling the unraveling light.”
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