I rode to Heaven on a bird that did-
n’t look like any bird I ever saw
Before I saw it the bird’s wings were wide
And long and brightly colored and had no
Feathers but panels like glass held together
By black bones criss- crossing them from the ground
They must have looked like stained glass flying to Heaven
Church windows carrying a black bird’s wing-
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