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Birds of Paradise
Take flight
in song
and glitter
of the angels,
move, dance
deafly when
lights roll
over, inhale
the crystal
rhythm they
spin and mix
above with
magnificence,
through bright hues
see the ecstasy
of jungle beats,
a sanctuary
camouflaged from
straight short sight.
SP Flannery was born in LaCrosse, Wisconsin, and now resides in
Madison where he writes poetry and maintains a website he created
about primates called The Primata at
http://members.tripod.com/cacajao/ . His poetry has appeared in
Mobius, Sidereality, Lunatic Chameleon, Spillway Review, Lily, Free
Verse, Hummingbird, Avocet, Electric Acorn, and Plum Ruby Review.