The wind blows
And the feather on the ground is reminded of flight.
It shakes and it takes off
And comes down swaying
Like a child in a cradle
Sound asleep.
The wind blows
And the milk weed seeds take off
Like people on white parachutes.
The wind blows
And snatches a child's kite,
Pulls a woman's hair.
The wind blows
And we hear it talk
In the languages of rustling leaves,
The birds,
The unidentifiable sounds of this vast forest.
The wind blows
And we rarely notice.
But when we do,
We hope it blows again
So that we can listen to what it has to say.
We wait
And what we get is a storm;
A shouting for our patience.
What we get
Is a ripped clothesline,
A fallen tree,
An umbrella coming out of nowhere,
Turned inside out.
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