flew off the tree

a human form with wings
and
we cry out
and run away
and I think
I might

by the surprise and instinct that we keep
for
insects and for serpents

this was in England
where she has
finds
as a supernal Hundred Acre Wood
as
well as Neverland
so
named by Scotland’s Barrie

but Germany
or
Holland or
Russia of Baba Yaga
or Asia with the dragons there
and
doesn’t require a Saint
George

but all the stories
we might gather while we searching
or
when
we’re surprised

lands of
Anansi
or
the Raven for a character
both
natural and extreme

because we want so far
is how to take
the world

we want the magic
with
extreme imagination
to
be real

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actual sighting

photo by Jessy Paston on Unsplash