suddenly

(un dated)

suddenly set free,
the birds, from their
bamboo cage, they
used the pieces
of bamboo to make
a kite that followed
the escaping birds untill
the string pulled tight
and the kite was left
behind with its paper
skin covered with lines
drawn with a brush and
black ink.

each line was a daparting
bird and the ink absorbed
into the paper so that the
bird lines looked like
thin soft black clouds
scattered over a pond
with a tiny motor-boat
speeding around the pond
and the light shined
through the fibers of the
paper.