on a saline shore
propped like a yoke on withering shoulders
the tearing wind whips again
tastes of a tyrannized waste
on a desert stretch
of sand, white coral bleached like death
circling shapes trace shadow lines
a spiral which draws closer and closer
but you've heard rumored
the vulture queen
whose song rode sweet on the waves
sea foam shone gold, and danced in the rays
carried a pitch like no other
no other man could hear what you heard
whose song rode sweet
on the waves, sea foam shone gold
and danced in the rays
carried a song for your ears alone
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on a saline shore
propped like a yoke on withering shoulders
the tearing wind whips again
tastes of a tyrannized waste
on a desert stretch
of sand, white coral bleached like death
circling shapes trace shadow lines
and grow, and darken, and you look up in time
to see your avian host's eyes
but you've heard rumored
the vulture queen
whose song rode sweet
on the waves, sea foam shone gold
and danced in the rays
carried a song for your ears alone
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