To hatch a crow

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Autumn, Bird, Crow, Ink, Rook

To hatch a crow, a black rainbow
Bent in emptiness
over emptiness
But flying – Ted Hughes

The rook stops what it is doing and eyes me suspiciously.
What is he eating, a worm, an insect or rotting flesh?
Satisfied he flies off into a milky sky – JFM

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