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Mar/Apr 2017 • Vol. XXXIX No. 2 • Poetry |

Wildlife of Berlin

The documentary tracks badgers, follows foxes
in their mellow tunnels and silver dawns,
the delicate relocation of a bee swarm,
the nattering flutter
of squirrels, bats and swifts.

A young scientist abseils from the Rathaus tower
to colour-band peregrine falcon chicks
with a nurse’s care.

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