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The palm at the end of the mind,
Beyond the last thought, rises
In the bronze distance.

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A gold-feathered bird
Sings in the palm, without human meaning,
Without human feeling, a foreign song.

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You know then that it is not the reason
That makes us happy or unhappy.
The bird sings. Its feathers shine.

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The palm stands on the edge of space.
The wind moves slowly in the branches.
The bird’s fire-fangled feathers dangle down.

~Wallace Stevens, 1954~

Thank you, Karen Sharp.
I couldn’t find words to thank you for the gift you sent,
so I stitched an altar cloth for it,
and today it is my altar . . .
that feather you sent wrapped in your note.
so much more than a feather and a note.
divine energy.
alchemy, i’d call it.
alchemy through the experience of seeing.

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